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Oklahoma Teen Convicted of Assault and Strangulation Walks Free as Case Dismissed | Crime Alert 08.14.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni, an Oklahoma teenager accused of sexually assaulting
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  Speaker 2: and strangling two high school classmates, has walked free without
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  Speaker 2: serving a single day in prison, spurring public outrage as
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  Speaker 2: a victim's family prepares to fight back in civil court.
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  Speaker 2: Jesse Mac Butler was initially arrested in March twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: five after two former girlfriends approached authorities with detailed allegations
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  Speaker 2: that Butler physically and sexually attacked them during consecutive relationships.
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  Speaker 2: Crime Stories reporter Drew Nelson outlines the harrowing details of
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  Speaker 2: those allegations.
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  Speaker 1: Though they only dated for about two months, sixteen year
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  Speaker 1: old L S tells police Jesse Butler frequently slapped and
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  Speaker 1: squeezed her legs so hard he left bruises. Butler used
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  Speaker 1: his larger size to overpower her when she struggled against
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  Speaker 1: unwanted sexual advances, and Butler held her against her will
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  Speaker 1: at the threat of physical harm. K S also sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: dates Butler for nearly six months directly after his relationship
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  Speaker 1: with Ls. She experienced a similar abuse, Butler strangling her
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  Speaker 1: unconscious more than once.
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  Speaker 2: Butler was initially charged as an adult at age seventeen
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  Speaker 2: with eleven felony counts, including attempted first degree rape and
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  Speaker 2: domestic assault by strangulation. However, he was ultimately granted youthful
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  Speaker 2: offender status and pleaded no contest, receiving juvenile supervision rather
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  Speaker 2: than prison time. The deal sparked outcry captured by Amberselvey
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  Speaker 2: on Facebook, as protesters demanded the resignation of then district
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  Speaker 2: Attorney Laura Thomas. When Butler reached age nineteen on August,
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  Speaker 2: fourth court jurisdiction automatically expired, resulting in a full dismissal
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  Speaker 2: of the case. Speaking with Fox News Digital, attorney Rachel
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  Speaker 2: Bussett says the resolution was deeply painful.
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  Speaker 3: They were sad and upset, obviously because they didn't want
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  Speaker 3: the deal to go through this way, but they weren't surprised.
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  Speaker 3: They knew that it was going to happen from the beginning.
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  Speaker 2: Bussett told Fox News Digital she is preparing civil litigation
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  Speaker 2: while hoping federal authorities review potential child sexual abuse material
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  Speaker 2: allegedly found on Butler's phone.
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  Speaker 3: The family hopes that the Feds will come in and
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  Speaker 3: look at it and find what they believe is there
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  Speaker 3: and move forward with it. We know that that's a
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  Speaker 3: long shot, but we're holding confident in the process that
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  Speaker 3: it will go through the way that it needs to
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  Speaker 3: go through.
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  Speaker 2: Newly elected District Attorney Jeremiah Gregory strongly denounced defense claims
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  Speaker 2: of innocence, confirming that while state double jeopardy laws bar
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  Speaker 2: a second prosecution, he requested a federal review. More crime
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  Speaker 2: and justice news after this. In Florida, a sheriff's deputy,
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  Speaker 2: once honored for bravery, killed his former girlfriend and himself
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  Speaker 2: following a domestic dispute over a television set. Penella's County
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  Speaker 2: Deputy Choice waited outside Mandy Fackler's home as she returned
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  Speaker 2: with her nine and twelve year old children. When Fackler
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  Speaker 2: attempted to call nine one one, Savage snatched her phone,
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  Speaker 2: prompting Fackler to courageously instruct her children to run inside
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  Speaker 2: for safety. Pascoe County Sheriff Chris Notcho commended the young
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  Speaker 2: children for their extraordinary composure during the crisis.
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  Speaker 4: Those two children, they should be starting off this week
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  Speaker 4: getting ready for school, but what they're doing is starting
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  Speaker 4: off this week getting ready for a sad life without
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  Speaker 4: their mother.
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  Speaker 2: Deputies launched a search using canine units, drones, and aviation teams,
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  Speaker 2: eventually locating Savatz's vehicle in spring Hill, where both were
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  Speaker 2: found shot dead. Sheriff Noko addressed the grieving children with
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  Speaker 2: a heartfelt message of comfort.
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  Speaker 4: Please hear this directly from us. We listened to that
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  Speaker 4: nine one one saphe and we know that your mother
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  Speaker 4: said to go inside to save your lives and to
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  Speaker 4: call nine one one. You did exais exactly what your
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  Speaker 4: mom asked you to do. Your mom is looking down
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  Speaker 4: from heaven and she's so proud of you too, because
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  Speaker 4: she did exactly what any parent would have wanted her
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  Speaker 4: children to do and has to save their own lives
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  Speaker 4: and be safe. So know that you two did the
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  Speaker 4: right thing. You did exactly what your mom wanted you
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  Speaker 4: to do, and she's so proud of you. We are
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  Speaker 4: all amazed at how brave you both were. We're amazed
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  Speaker 4: at you know, the calmness that you were under and
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  Speaker 4: the information you're able to provide us so we can
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  Speaker 4: get there as quick as possible. So we're so proud
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  Speaker 4: of you, and I know your mom is not. This
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  Speaker 4: entire community is praying for you.
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  Speaker 2: All those sabags had been celebrated as a hero in
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  Speaker 2: twenty fourteen for saving a man on a bridge. Vanilla's
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  Speaker 2: County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri made clear that his badge provides
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  Speaker 2: no excuse for murder.
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  Speaker 4: The moment this individual committed a crime, was no longer
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  Speaker 4: a law enforcement officer. He was a criminal.
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  Speaker 2: In Arizona, twenty seven year old Matthew Christopher Flores Semyonov
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  Speaker 2: is now considered a fugitive, believed to have fled the
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  Speaker 2: country after human remains were discovered buried in the backyard
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  Speaker 2: of his parents Litchfield Park home. The investigation began when
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  Speaker 2: family members requested a welfare check on August fourth, after
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  Speaker 2: failing to reach the couple in their adult son. Avondale.
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  Speaker 2: Police initially found an empty resident showing a significant amount
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  Speaker 2: of blood and evidence of an attempted cleanup. A subsequent
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  Speaker 2: search uncovered human remains buried deep in the yard. While
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  Speaker 2: formal identification remains pending, federal authorities suspect the remains belonged
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  Speaker 2: to his parents. Flora Semyonov currently faces a federal charge
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  Speaker 2: of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. For more Crime and
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  Speaker 2: Silvani