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Trial date set for E. Tennessee teacher charged with sexual batter, statutory rape Save Email Print
Posted: 12:08 PM May 13, 2008
Last Updated: 6:34 PM May 13, 2008

Corey DeHart, 43. Charged with sexual battery by an authority figure and statutory rape by an authority figure. (Photo Courtesy: Knox County Sheriff's Office)

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KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A trial date has been set for a former Halls High School teacher charged with sexual battery and statutory rape by an authority figure.

Corey Dehart, 43, appeared in court this morning.

He was arrested in April, after a student claimed he sexually assaulted her back in 2007.

Dehart is currently out of jail on a $50,000 bond.

His trial is set to begin Nov. 17.

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Posted by: Anonymous on May 13, 2008 at 04:12 PM
I wonder what kind of evidence they have? are they just taking the students word or do they have dna? it is to easy this day and age to cry wolf and get away with it.

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