Oklahoma teen accused of raping two girls walks free, DA furiously calls in feds: ‘Made my blood boil’
An Oklahoma teenager accused of sexually assaulting and strangling two high school girls saw his criminal case dismissed after completing a youthful-offender rehabilitation plan – all without serving a prison sentence, court records show.Jesse Mack Butler was 17 when he was charged as an adult in Payne County in March 2025 with 10 felony counts tied to alleged attacks on two girls he had dated.The charges included two counts of attempted first-degree rape, three counts of rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, two counts of domestic assault and battery by strangulation and one count of domestic assault and battery. Prosecutors later added an 11th count alleging that Butler violated a protective order.NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO SHOWS COPS CUFFING TEEN LINKED TO VIOLENT SEX ASSAULT SCANDAL THAT HAS FAMILIES FUMINGFOLLOW US ON XButler’s attorneys asked that he be certified as a youthful offender or, alternatively, treated as a juvenile.
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An Oklahoma teenager accused of sexually assaulting and strangling two high school girls saw his criminal case dismissed after completing a youthful-offender rehabilitation plan – all without serving a prison sentence, court records show.Jesse Mack Butler was 17 when he was charged as an adult in Payne County in March 2025 with 10 felony counts tied to alleged attacks on two girls he had dated.The charges included two counts of attempted first-degree rape, three counts of rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, two counts of domestic assault and battery by strangulation and one count of domestic assault and battery. Prosecutors later added an 11th count alleging that Butler violated a protective order.NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO SHOWS COPS CUFFING TEEN LINKED TO VIOLENT SEX ASSAULT SCANDAL THAT HAS FAMILIES FUMINGFOLLOW US ON XButler’s attorneys asked that he be certified as a youthful offender or, alternatively, treated as a juvenile. The court denied the juvenile request but approved youthful-offender status after prosecutors and the defense reached an agreement.On Aug. 25, 2025, Butler pleaded no contest to all 11 counts.
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- An Oklahoma teenager accused of sexually assaulting and strangling two high school girls saw his criminal case dismissed after completing a youthful-offender rehabilitation plan – all without serving a prison sentence, court records show.Jesse Mack Butler was 17 when he was charged as an adult in Payne County in March 2025 with 10 felony counts tied to alleged attacks on two girls he had dated.The charges included two counts of attempted first-degree rape, three counts of rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, two counts of domestic assault and battery by strangulation and one count of domestic assault and battery. Prosecutors later added an 11th count alleging that Butler violated a protective order.NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO SHOWS COPS CUFFING TEEN LINKED TO VIOLENT SEX ASSAULT SCANDAL THAT HAS FAMILIES FUMINGFOLLOW US ON XButler’s attorneys asked that he be certified as a youthful offender or, alternatively, treated as a juvenile.
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