Teacher, 65, denies sexually abusing boys at Catholic school, acting like she was in a Sabrina Carpenter video

A 65-year-old former Catholic school teacher is being accused of sexually abusing two teenage boys decades ago — including bizarre claims that she dressed in a “sexually provocative” manner, and behaved like she was “in a Sabrina Carpenter video.”Sally-Anne Bowen, who was in her mid-20s at the time she taught chemistry at the all-boys Christ’s College in Finchley, north London nearly 40 years ago, has denied the claims from the men, who said they were 14 or 15 at the time.One accuser said he had sex with her “about 20 or 30 times” over several months, including at her home, and that he considered her his girlfriend and believed he was in love with her, jurors at Harrow Crown Court were told Monday.Bowen described the allegations as a “total fabrication” and “the workings of a fantasy,” the Telegraph reports.Asked by prosecutor Madeline Wolfe on cross examination why he would come forward more than three decades after the alleged abuse took place, Bowen said she had no idea.“I don’t know why he is making these allegations.I have no idea what is going on at this point,” she said.“I think he certainly had a crush on me at school,” she surmised.She said she was regularly the target of inappropriate remarks from students as one of the only young female teachers at the school, but said she ignored the gossip.“It was not a huge problem – I would hear comments as I walked past and I ignored them, they didn’t result in me being hassled or harassed,” she said.The second accuser alleged he and Bowen kissed in a cafe after he was “goaded” into it by other boys, and said he recalled touching her breasts.Bowen said she had no idea who the accuser was.Also brought up during her cross-examination was her manner of dress during her teaching days, the prosecution suggesting she wore “tight tops” and “mini skirts” at school.Bowen denied the claim, saying she “would not have allowed to get away with very short skirts.”When she ...