A dance teacher has been jailed for having sex with the 17-year-old son of the private investigator her husband had hired to follow her.

Amber Telford, 33, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after admitting to unlawful sexual activity with a minor after her husband’s private investigator caught them in the act at her former studio in Taylorsville, Utah.

She has also been ordered to serve 150 hours of community service and register as a sex offender.

Telford, who ran the now-closed Colette's Dancing School, was accused of grooming her underage student with gifts and engaging in a sexual relationship with him.

Amber Telford, 33, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after admitting to unlawful sexual activity with a minor

The mother-of-three would allegedly pick up the teenager - a student at her school - 'in the middle of the night' and drive him to her home, her mother's home and even a church parking lot for sex.

She bought thr teenager clothes and even paid for him to visit Disneyland for a dance competition, a Salt Lake County Jail report stated.

In July, Telford admitted to one instance of sexual activity with a minor - a third-degree felony - in court as part of a plea deal. In exchange for her guilty plea, six identical charges were dismissed.

The former NBA cheerleader, who is trained in ballet, tap and hip-hop, was arrested in January after her estranged husband became suspicious of her actions and hired the private detective.

She was caught with the underage student by her husband's private detective at her former studio (pictured)

Amber Telford (pictured in Facebook images) ran Colette's Dancing School in Taylorsville, Utah, at the time

The investigator allegedly walked in on Telford engaging in sexual activity with the boy in her dance studio on November 28 last year - and caught it all on camera, according to the Deseret News.

The pair were found naked under a blanket with their clothes strewn across the floor – just two months after Telford filed for divorce from her husband.

She was subsequently charged with seven counts of sexual activity with a minor. At the time, authorities said she had engaged in the illicit affair with the student for around five months.

On two occasions, the pair had sex in the ex-NBA dancer's car, it was alleged.

The jail report said: ‘She started by flirting with [the student] and eventually began a sexual relationship with him that occurred at her home, her mother's home and also in a vehicle belonging to Amber.’

According to court records, Telford, who lives in West Jordan, Utah, filed for divorce from her husband in September.

This was around the time that police say she began her affair with the boy.

Telford lists herself as a 'former NuSkin Jazz Dancer at Utah Jazz' (pictured, Utah Jazz dancers in a file photo. Telford is not among them)

Her estranged husband Paul Telford (pictured right) hired a private investigator to trail her

On her Facebook page, the dance instructor appears to have three young sons - the youngest of whom is only two years old. She lists herself as a 'former NuSkin Jazz Dancer at Utah Jazz'.

On Colette's Dancing School's website, Telford is described as a former UVU Dance Team Member and Utah Jazz dancer who 'performed in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games' in Salt Lake City.

She apparently 'continued her training in New York City at Broadway Dance Center summer program', and 'toured nationally with the National Dance Alliance teaching summer camps'.

She is also said to be 'a proud mother of three, and a proud teacher'.

'It brings her such joy to see her dancers excel in dance and life,' the website adds.

The dance school has since shut down and a new business has moved into the premises.

In Utah, the age of consent for women is 16 while for men it is 18. No person under the age of 18 - male or female - can legally consent to sex with someone more than 10 years older than them.



