Oklahoma victim fights back after teen charged in rapes walks free — as feds could storm in: attorney
An Oklahoma teenager accused of sexually assaulting and strangling two high school girls walked free without serving a day in prison, spurring public outrage as a victim’s family prepares to fight back."We’re moving on to the next phase, which is civil litigation," Rachel Bussett, an attorney representing the family of one girl in the case, told Fox News Digital.Jesse Mack Butler was initially charged as an adult at 17 with counts including attempted first-degree rape, rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy and domestic assault and battery by strangulation. But he ultimately received youthful-offender status and pleaded no contest to all 11 counts in August 2025.OKLAHOMA TEEN ACCUSED OF RAPING TWO GIRLS WALKS FREE; DA FURIOUSLY CALLS IN FEDS: ‘MADE MY BLOOD BOIL’Instead of being sent to prison, he was placed under the supervision of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs and ordered to complete a rehabilitation plan.
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An Oklahoma teenager accused of sexually assaulting and strangling two high school girls walked free without serving a day in prison, spurring public outrage as a victim’s family prepares to fight back."We’re moving on to the next phase, which is civil litigation," Rachel Bussett, an attorney representing the family of one girl in the case, told Fox News Digital.Jesse Mack Butler was initially charged as an adult at 17 with counts including attempted first-degree rape, rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy and domestic assault and battery by strangulation. But he ultimately received youthful-offender status and pleaded no contest to all 11 counts in August 2025.OKLAHOMA TEEN ACCUSED OF RAPING TWO GIRLS WALKS FREE; DA FURIOUSLY CALLS IN FEDS: ‘MADE MY BLOOD BOIL’Instead of being sent to prison, he was placed under the supervision of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs and ordered to complete a rehabilitation plan. Once Butler reached age 19 at midnight on Aug. 4, the court's jurisdiction lapsed, and the case was dismissed by operation of law.For the family she represents, Bussett said, the outcome was painful but hardly unexpected."They were sad and upset, obviously, because they didn't want the deal to go through this way, but they weren't surprised," Bussett said.
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- An Oklahoma teenager accused of sexually assaulting and strangling two high school girls walked free without serving a day in prison, spurring public outrage as a victim’s family prepares to fight back."We’re moving on to the next phase, which is civil litigation," Rachel Bussett, an attorney representing the family of one girl in the case, told Fox News Digital.Jesse Mack Butler was initially charged as an adult at 17 with counts including attempted first-degree rape, rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy and domestic assault and battery by strangulation. But he ultimately received youthful-offender status and pleaded no contest to all 11 counts in August 2025.OKLAHOMA TEEN ACCUSED OF RAPING TWO GIRLS WALKS FREE; DA FURIOUSLY CALLS IN FEDS: ‘MADE MY BLOOD BOIL’Instead of being sent to prison, he was placed under the supervision of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs and ordered to complete a rehabilitation plan.
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