Courtney Bowles, teacher busted for getting naked with student: No jail time

Former Mountain View High School teacher Courtney Bowles was found naked atop a student in a car in a January case that got national exposure. Two months later, she copped a plea that suggested a punishment free of jail time -- and that's the way things worked out. Her sentence:...

By Michael Roberts

May 10, 2011

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Former Mountain View High School teacher Courtney Bowles was found naked atop a student in a car in a January case that got national exposure. Two months later, she copped a plea that suggested a punishment free of jail time -- and that's the way things worked out. Her sentence: ten years of probation and registration as a sex offender.

In addition, reports the Fort Collins Coloradoan, Bowles will have to serve eighty hours of community service. And while she'll be able to see her children again -- something she had been banned from doing since her arrest -- she was ordered to steer clear of anyone else under age eighteen, including the aforementioned student.

Bowles is going through a divorce, and her attorney, Derek Samuelson, said in court that she's experienced depression that led to a brief hospitalization. "Give Ms. Bowles an opportunity to do something productive," he told the judge. "She needs to make amends with the community."

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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