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Oklahoma rapist Jesse Mack Butler sentenced to counseling, no jail time
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPxUICgjEuY/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Jesse Mack Butler, 18, from Stillwater, about an hour north of Oklahoma City, escaped prison time after pleading no contest to multiple rape and assault charges.
Why Jesse Butler isn’t going to prison
In March, when Butler was 17, he was charged, as an adult, with 10 felony counts related to sex crimes against two girls, both fellow students at Stillwater High School. One of the girls was choked unconscious and almost died, according to her doctor.
Butler’s charges included two attempted rapes, three charges of “rape by instrumentation,” one count of sexual battery, one count of forcible oral sodomy, two counts of “domestic assault and battery by strangulation” and one count of domestic assault and battery.
Butler pleaded not guilty to all charges, and the district attorney’s office struck a deal with Butler’s lawyers to change his status from adult to youthful offender. The victims’ families begged the D.A. not to do that, but in July, a judge signed off on the accord. In August, Butler changed his plea from not guilty to no contest.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/jesse-butler-oklahoma-teen-prison-rape-convictions/
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He raped her and strangled her until she went limp. Doctors said thirty more seconds and she would’ve been dead. He admitted it. He pled guilty. And they let him walk.
Stillwater, Oklahoma — Jesse Mack Butler, a young man with a college baseball career on the horizon, now 18, was charged with eleven felony counts of rape, sexual assault, and strangulation. The case is filed under Payne County District Court No. CF-2025-59.
Before I go further, please know that there is a pretty big trigger warning on this…Please make sure to show this mans face everywhere, lets make sure that girls and women know who he is! Also, make sure to follow to stay up to date on this story.
He was originally charged and tried as an adult, given 78 years in prison. The charges included two counts of attempted rape in the first degree, three counts of rape by instrumentation, forcible oral sodomy, sexual battery, two counts of domestic assault and battery by strangulation, domestic assault and battery, and violating a protective order.
78 years sounds good right? Like finally, a case where there is justice for the victims. But no, instead of serving a single day behind bars, the case was quietly “disposed down”. Judge Susan Worthington, who has long-standing ties to Oklahoma State University’s athletic community, granted Butler youthful offender status.
His new reclassification under Youthful Offender allowed him to change his plea. He entered a no-contest plea to all eleven counts, legally the same as admitting guilt. The court found a factual basis for every charge.
That decision erased the 78-year sentence.
It turned a violent, multi-victim offender into a “rehabilitation project.” He was handed 150 hours of community service, counseling, and a curfew but no sex offender registry. He’ll remain under the supervision of the Office of Juvenile Affairs only until his 19th birthday, at which point the state’s jurisdiction ends and his record EXPUNGED.
His psychological evaluation and “rehabilitation plan” were sealed, keeping the public from knowing what leniency was based on or how someone who nearly killed his victim was deemed fit to walk free.
One victim told the court that Butler choked her until she lost consciousness. Doctors said thirty more seconds and she would have died. She required neck surgery to repair the damage. When she woke up, he strangled her again because he “wanted to film it.”
Her mother, Amber Selvey, said afterward: “Eleven charges. Ten violent. Seven felonies. And this is what accountability looks like? My daughter and every other girl he hurt deserved better.”
And now, according to multiple people close to the case, Jesse Mack Butler is still contacting girls, messaging them, asking if they’re single, trying to hook up as if nothing ever happened.
He’s still enrolled at Stillwater High School, the same school where his victims once had to see him every day. He was never expelled. To continue his baseball career, he is still on a traveling team.
His family’s connections to Oklahoma State University run deep. His father has been involved with OSU athletics and the former Director of Football Operations. His mother and sister reportedly work there. And the judge who decided his fate, Jason Reese, also has OSU ties.
This is what happens when power protects privilege.
A violent offender nearly kills a girl, admits guilt, faces 78 years, and walks away with 150 hours of community service, while his victims live with trauma that never ends.
Predators like Jesse Mack Butler don’t stop. The data proves it. They reoffend. And our justice system keeps giving them the chance.
If you’re as outraged as I am, now’s the time to act.
This is what plea deals do. They protect predators instead of victims And these predators always go on to reoffend.
Stillwater, Oklahoma — Jesse Mack Butler, a young man with a college baseball career on the horizon, now 18, was charged with eleven felony counts of rape, sexual assault, and strangulation. The case is filed under Payne County District Court No. CF-2025-59.
Before I go further, please know that there is a pretty big trigger warning on this…Please make sure to show this mans face everywhere, lets make sure that girls and women know who he is! Also, make sure to follow to stay up to date on this story.
He was originally charged and tried as an adult, given 78 years in prison. The charges included two counts of attempted rape in the first degree, three counts of rape by instrumentation, forcible oral sodomy, sexual battery, two counts of domestic assault and battery by strangulation, domestic assault and battery, and violating a protective order.
78 years sounds good right? Like finally, a case where there is justice for the victims. But no, instead of serving a single day behind bars, the case was quietly “disposed down”. Judge Susan Worthington, who has long-standing ties to Oklahoma State University’s athletic community, granted Butler youthful offender status.
His new reclassification under Youthful Offender allowed him to change his plea. He entered a no-contest plea to all eleven counts, legally the same as admitting guilt. The court found a factual basis for every charge.
That decision erased the 78-year sentence.
It turned a violent, multi-victim offender into a “rehabilitation project.” He was handed 150 hours of community service, counseling, and a curfew but no sex offender registry. He’ll remain under the supervision of the Office of Juvenile Affairs only until his 19th birthday, at which point the state’s jurisdiction ends and his record EXPUNGED.
His psychological evaluation and “rehabilitation plan” were sealed, keeping the public from knowing what leniency was based on or how someone who nearly killed his victim was deemed fit to walk free.
One victim told the court that Butler choked her until she lost consciousness. Doctors said thirty more seconds and she would have died. She required neck surgery to repair the damage. When she woke up, he strangled her again because he “wanted to film it.”
Her mother, Amber Selvey, said afterward: “Eleven charges. Ten violent. Seven felonies. And this is what accountability looks like? My daughter and every other girl he hurt deserved better.”
And now, according to multiple people close to the case, Jesse Mack Butler is still contacting girls, messaging them, asking if they’re single, trying to hook up as if nothing ever happened.
He’s still enrolled at Stillwater High School, the same school where his victims once had to see him every day. He was never expelled. To continue his baseball career, he is still on a traveling team.
His family’s connections to Oklahoma State University run deep. His father has been involved with OSU athletics and the former Director of Football Operations. His mother and sister reportedly work there. And the judge who decided his fate, Jason Reese, also has OSU ties.
This is what happens when power protects privilege.
A violent offender nearly kills a girl, admits guilt, faces 78 years, and walks away with 150 hours of community service, while his victims live with trauma that never ends.
Predators like Jesse Mack Butler don’t stop. The data proves it. They reoffend. And our justice system keeps giving them the chance.
If you’re as outraged as I am, now’s the time to act.
This is what plea deals do. They protect predators instead of victims And these predators always go on to reoffend.
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