Outrage After Plea Deal for Oklahoma Rapist Means He's Free to Walk | Crime Alert 5PM 11.11.25

Eighteen-year-old Jesse Mack Butler pleaded no contest to a series of serious felony charges last week, including rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, and domestic assault and battery by strangulation, but will not spend one day in prison.  

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Crime Alart, hourly update, breaking crime news.

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Now I'm Nicole parton outrages growing in Oklahoma after a
teenager accused of raping and assaulting two high school girlfriends
avoided prison time. Eighteen year old Jesse Mac Butler of
Stillwater pleaded no contest to a series of serious felony
charges last week, including rape by instrumentation, sexual battery and

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domestic assault and battery by strangulation. For more, here's crime story.
Sidney Sumner, a.

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Serial rapist who strangles his girlfriends for a left serving
no jail time on eleven charges, securing a sweetheart deal
classifying him as a youthful offender. The now eighteen year
old's treatment plan counseling, community service, and curfew.

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The charges stem from two separate incidents in twenty twenty
four when Butler was seventeen. According to police affidavits, Butler
repeatedly raped his sixteen year old girlfriends, strangling her during
one attack so violently that she required surgery. A doctor
later told her she was lucky to survive. Holden Zapple
with Crime Stories tells us more.

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Butler appears to be a typical all American teenager, but
his ex girlfriends say he's extremely violent.

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Just a few weeks into the fall semester, two Stillwater
High students seek out their school resource officer scared of
their shared ex boyfriend, alleging he attacked them numerous times
throughout back to back relationships. The victims are still attending
class with their attacker, now eighteen year old Jesse Butler.

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In another case, a sixteen year old girlfriend said she
feared for her safety and often complied with Butler's demands
to avoid being hurt again. Crime Stories Sidney Sumner.

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Butler tries to rape Ls for the first time outside
of a marble slab on what was supposed to be
an ice cream date. Butler pins Ls down in his car,
removes her clothes, then touches her breasts and vagina while
she tells him to stop through tears. Butler says he's
sorry for what he's about to do, but he has
to do it. Before the rape, a woman approaches Butler's

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car and says she's calling police. Butler drives Ls back
to her own car, but gets in with her, still
trying to initiate intercourse until Ls finally convinces him to
get out.

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Despite the severity of the allegations, Butler struck a plea
deal with the Payne County District Attorney's office. The agreement
allowed him to be classified as a youthful offender, a
status approved by Special Judge Susan Worthington. Dave mac crime
investigative reporter tells us exactly what happened.

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Despite victim protests, the district attorney agrees to reclassify Butler
as a youthful offender rather than an adult. Butler to
plead no contest to the eleven charges against him, but
there's a little chance he will face a single day
of jail time. Butler is sentenced to counseling and community
service should he fail it requirements of his youthful Offender program.

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Butler will serve the jail sentence he would have been
handed as an adult just under ten years.

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Under the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs. Butler will follow
a rehabilitation plan. If he complies, his criminal record will
be wiped clean. He will not even register as a
sex offender. The victim's families are devastated, according to one
mother who spoke with The Daily Mail. Both victims were
reportedly willing to testify despite the DA's office stating the

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plea deal spared them from the trauma of cross examination.
Butler's father, Mac Butler, previously served as director of football
operations at Oklahoma State University. Jesse Butler is scheduled to
appear again in court in December to review his compliance
with the rehabilitation plan. Want to know more about this

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staggering case. T into Crime Stories tonight. Nancy Grace and
her team of experts have all of the details. Crime
Stories is available on Fox one Nancy's YouTube channel, or
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More crime and justice news. After this, a pharmacy student

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from Wisconsin was tragically shot and killed by one of
her best friends after the friend experienced paranoia following marijuana use,
as outlined in a criminal complaint. Ariel Spilner, twenty six,
was in her final year at Concordia University, pursuing her
dream of relocating to Florida after graduation to launch her

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pharmacy career. She was truly the best friend, sister, aunt,
daughter anyone could hope for, said her sister, Courtney Spilner.
She was always there for everyone, no matter what you needed.
The sisters had their last conversation on Tuesday night, just
an hour and a half before the tragic incident. We
ended our phone call saying we loved each other and

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I will cherish that moment forever, said Courtney. According to
the complaint, thirty two year old Jamika Mills, a Milwaukee resident,
claims she accidentally shot her friend Ariel after becoming paranoid
that Ariel would attack her with a knife following her
marijuana session. Meals also reported to authorities that she accidentally

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shot herself in the stomach and emphasized she did not
intend to kill her friend. Courtney Spiller mentioned that her
sister was at a gathering to celebrate her birthday when
the incident happened. I know she went there to celebrate
her birthday, so she told me. Courtney Spilner expressed, I
am in disbelief that this could happen. A GoFundMe page

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has been created to assist with funeral cost, with a
surplus fund going to a charity significant to Ariel Spilner's memory.
Mills faces charges of first degree reckless homicide. Her bell
has been set at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
She is scheduled to appear in court again on November
seventeen for a preliminary hearing for the latest crime injustice news.

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