Student Accused of Rapes To Walk Free By Plea Deal

Jacob Walter AndersonPhoto Credit: CNN
Alleged Rapist Walked Free

Photo Credit: CNN

24-year-old Jacob Walter Anderson, a former student and fraternity president at Baylor University who was expelled after being arrested for rape, has accepted a plea deal with the District Attorney, and will avoid going to prison.

“I am devastated by your decision,” the victim told the judge during a court session on Monday. “He is now free to roam society, stalk women, and no one will know he is a sex offender. Jacob Anderson and all rapists who get away with their crimes will never be cured, never change. If anything, they will be emboldened by their power over women and their ability to escape justice and punishment.”

Back in 2016, sophomore by the alias of Danna Doe was attending her first fraternity party, when she was handed a drink and soon became very dizzy. Then she was taken outside the house by Anderson and raped.

However, after the rape was confirmed by a rape exam and a grand jury indicted the man on four counts of sexual assault, Judge Ralph Strother accepted a plea bargain the accuser did not consent to, allowing Anderson to walk free. In exchange for a no contest plea to charge of unlawful restraint, Anderson would only be given three years of probation, some counseling, and pay a fine; he does not even have to register as a sex offender.

“I believe today’s sentencing by Judge Strother was the best outcome given the facts of this case,” said Assistant District Attorney Hilary LaBorde told the press. “The offender is now on felony probation and will receive sex offender treatment, a result which was not guaranteed nor likely had we gone to trial.”

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