STILLWATER, Okla. — The attorney for a victim in the rape case of Stillwater High School student Jesse Butler filed a motion to "enforce victim's constitutional rights" under Marsy's Law.
Butler pleaded no contest to a youthful offender sentence without jail time after facing multiple charges, including rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, attempted rape, and kidnapping.
Two former girlfriends accused Butler of rape during their relationships. The victim in this lawsuit reported multiple incidents between mid-March 2024 and early September 2024. She reported the incidents to the school in Sept. 2024.
Court records say one victim needed surgery and another was '30 seconds' from death.
While initially charged as an adult, the DA later offered a plea deal that lowered the charges and reclassified him as a youthful offender. The deal also meant no jail time for Butler. It's a case that's gained national attention due to the lack of jail time.
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The reduction of charges and sentence also led to the victim's attorney to file this motion.
"We filed a motion to enforce Marsy's Law and to set aside the (plea deal) and call for a corrective hearing," attorney Rachel Bussett told 2 News via Zoom on Dec. 10.
Marsy's Law, Bussett said, is designed to protect victims' rights as rigorously as those of the accused.
"So when a victim comes forward to talk about what's happened to them, it's very important that they feel heard," she said. "And these young women feel silenced because they wanted to testify. They wanted to talk about what their experience was and what they went through."
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"That was really the important thing that we looked at here when we started writing from beginning to end what happened and how it happened," Bussett said. "It's clear that Marcy's Law has not been complied with."
"I'm not going to speculate on what the judge is going to do," the lawyer added. "I'm going to trust in the legal system that this judge is going to look at this with fresh eyes. All victims need to know that the system is fair, and that nobody's getting a special deal."
On Dec. 10, the judge also unsealed documents detailing the youthful offender supervision report.
- View all documents in the motion here
The Office of Juvenile Affairs stated that Butler is on intensive community supervision and is required to call in daily and to check in face-to-face once a week. He missed two daily call-ins: one he forgot and one he attributed to an eye issue, but OJA stated both were made up with additional in-person visits. They report that he has appeared for every required meeting since October.
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