Texas ‘sex attacker’ Luis Sanchez is released on ONE DOLLAR bail ‘after giving a teenage girl vodka, causing her to pass out, having sex with her and getting her pregnant’
Texas ‘sex attacker’ Luis Sanchez is released on ONE DOLLAR bail ‘after giving a teenage girl vodka, causing her to pass out, having sex with her and getting her pregnant’
- Luis Sanchez, 25, was released on a $1 bond just months after he was charged with sexual assault of a child
- Three months after the incident, the girl discovered that she was pregnant with his baby
- Prosecutors failed to charge Sánchez in a timely manner, which led to his release
A Texas “sex attacker” was released on a $1 bond after giving a 16-year-old girl alcohol, causing her to pass out, having sex with her and getting her pregnant in April 2022.
Because prosecutors missed the deadline to charge 25-year-old Luis Sanchez, he was granted release Thursday, where he will soon be placed under house arrest and in a shelter with an ankle monitor.
Three months after the teen was allegedly raped by Sanchez, she learned she was pregnant. Her mother took her to the hospital, where she told her that “Luis drugged me and raped me.”
In the state of Texas, prosecutors are required by law to file charges within 90 days of a person’s incarceration.
If this is not done in a timely manner, the suspect must be provided with an “appropriate or personal guarantee of recognition”.
Three months after the teen was allegedly raped by Sanchez, she learned she was pregnant. Her mother took her to the hospital, where she told her that “Luis drugged me and raped me.”
There are still several conditions Sanchez must meet before he is officially released, and he is reportedly still in custody at the Harris County Jail
A recognizance bond is a bond that a suspect can afford, and for Sanchez they kept the bond at one dollar.
ABC13 reported that the judge issued him a personal recognizance bond because court records stated that Sánchez was indigent.
Court documents also state that the baby the girl was carrying was actually his, according to DNA testing.
According to reports, at the time of the incident in April 2022, the teenage victim went to Sanchez’s home in the Heights area of Pasadena with her siblings to “play games.” KRDO. She claimed that at some point her siblings were told to go home while she stayed there with him.
Sanchez, who was 24 at the time, offered the girl Smirnoff vodka before she passed out and woke up next to a naked Sanchez.
After the girl revealed what happened, her mother turned to local media to help find Sanchez.
He was later arrested in May 2023 and charged with sexual assault of a child under 17.
Because he was not charged in a timely manner, his lawyer asked the court to reduce his bail. That motion was granted by Judge Kathrine Thomas in the 184th Court, KRDO reported.
Sanchez, who was 24 at the time, offered the girl Smirnoff vodka before she passed out and woke up next to a naked Sanchez
In the state of Texas, prosecutors are required by law to file charges within 90 days of a person’s incarceration
Steve Shellist, ABC 13 trial attorney and legal analyst, said missing the arraignment deadline is “not unusual.”
“These prosecutors’ offices have hundreds, some have thousands of cases to handle, as do the courts, and things fall through the cracks, sometimes they’re just not ready.” “I don’t think it’s intentional, but I think that “It’s more common than people think,” Shellist said.
There are still several conditions Sanchez must meet before he is officially released, and he is reportedly still in custody at the Harris County Jail.
Another investigation into a separate sexual assault between Sanchez and the same girl is also ongoing in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Sanchez is due back in court in November.