UPDATE: A Harlem Middle School science teacher has pled not guilty to sexually abusing a 17-year-old player on the Belvidere High School basketball team during the 2008-2009 season.

Darcee Baney was arraigned today on seven counts of sexual abuse. She was a science teacher at Harlem Middle and coached basketball at Belvidere during her first year of teaching. Her accuser was 17 at the time and Baney was 23.

Multiple players on the team say they don't buy the allegations.

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STATELINE (WIFR) -- Darcee Baney, the middle school teacher accused of sexually abusing a student, made her first court appearance this afternoon.

Baney is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old when she was 23. The victim was on the Belvidere girls basketball team and just came forward last month. Baney was assigned to Judge Truitt. She'll be back in court on Halloween.