Massachusetts mom denies raping teen daughter's friend

SALEM, Mass. - A 38-year-old mother of two from Saugus, Mass. has pleaded not guilty to rape charges stemming from an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy.

Heather Salines was allowed to remain free on $7,500 bail after pleading not guilty Thursday in Salem Superior Court to charges including six counts of child rape.

Prosecutors say the case came to light after administrators at a Saugus middle school learned the boy had been showing another student nude photos Salines had sent to his cellphone.

The Boston Herald reports authorities say Salines had sex with the boy in a hotel room and a parked car before sending the nude selfies.

Salines confessed to two instances of sex and sending photos, police reports say, according to the paper.

"(W)hen I looked at him, he did not act like a 15-year-old ... he acted like a grown man," she reportedly told police.

Authorities say Salines met the boy through her 13-year-old daughter. Prosecutors called the boy "vulnerable" because his own mother had died.

The Daily Item of Lynn reports that Salines' lawyer said when all the facts come to light, his client "will no longer be seen as the villain."