Bellevue woman pleads not guilty to child rape

Summary

In court Monday, an attorney for 33-year-old Norma J. Dedios called the charges an "outrage" and said the alleged 13-year-old victim is lying and was the aggressor.

Story Published: Nov 23, 2009 at 9:24 AM PST

Story Updated: Nov 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM PST

Bellevue woman pleads not guilty to child rape

Norma J. Dedios is seen during her arraignment in King County Superior Court on Monday, November 23, 2009.

SEATTLE -- A Bellevue woman accused of raping a 13-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Monday.

Norma J. Dedios, 33, has been charged with second-degree child rape, third-degree child rape and second-degree child molestation.

In King County Superior Court on Monday, her attorney called the charges an "outrage" and said the alleged victim, now 14, is lying and was the aggressor.

Investigators said the crimes occurred at Dedios' Bellevue home in June and were brought to the attention of police after the boy told a counselor that he had sex with Dedios.

When police interviewed Dedios she denied having sex with the boy, but said she let him spend the night at her house and he twice sneaked into her room and touched her inappropriately, according to court documents.

Police wrote that she told a detective she let the boy stay with her because she was trying to get back at her boyfriend, who did not like it when the teen was at the house.

After taking a polygraph test, Dedios admitted to having sex with the boy after he came into her room, the court documents said.

Dedios is free on bail pending trial and was ordered to have no contact with minors other than her own children.

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