Jesse Butler's Plea Deal May Be VOID — Attorney Files Motion That Could Send Case Back to Adult Court
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Jesse Butler thought he got away with it. The Stillwater, Oklahoma teen pled no contest to 11 felony charges — attempted rape, rape by instrumentation, strangulation, violating a protective order — and avoided prison entirely. But attorney Rachel Bussett just filed a motion that could blow the whole thing up.
Her argument: the plea was void from the start. According to court documents, victims weren't consulted before the deal was struck. Orders were filed without signatures. One victim was in surgery when the youthful offender certification was entered. The DA allegedly told a minor victim about the plea — and then told her not to tell her mother.
On February 3rd, 2026, a Payne County court will decide whether this Marsy's Law challenge moves forward. If Bussett wins, Jesse Butler's plea deal could be thrown out and the case could restart as an adult prosecution.
And that's not all. A federal lawsuit now names Stillwater Public Schools, Principal Walter Howell, the school resource officer, and Butler's own parents — including his father Mack Butler, former Oklahoma State football operations director — as defendants. The allegations include Title IX violations, civil rights violations, and claims the school refused to enter a protective order into their database because they didn't want to interfere with Butler's education.
The system failed these girls. Now the families are fighting back on every front.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:03.5 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:07.3 | Jesse Butler. |
| 0:09.2 | Told you, Jesse, we wouldn't forget about you. |
| 0:11.6 | Nah, we got you. |
| 0:13.1 | We're going to keep talking about you because, after all, |
| 0:16.4 | as the poster child for the morning after pill and legalized abortions, |
| 0:20.2 | there's a lot to talk about. |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.9 | You would, you really would be. |
| 0:28.7 | I mean, I swear to God, if they put this kid's face on like the morning after pills and, like, on portions, like, you know pro choice um oh my god I think |
| 0:43.1 | you'd have it in flux just go just think that could be this you go oh shit that's a good point |
| 0:51.7 | that's a good point 18 years from now that could be yours |
| 0:56.8 | well in just a handful of days in February 3rd of 2020 26 6 something is going to be |
| 1:05.1 | happening in Payne county in Oklahoma in a courtroom that could change everything in the |
| 1:10.0 | jesse Butler, not a compliance |
| 1:12.0 | hearing, not a routine check-in. That's the, this is going to be a hearing about having a hearing, |
| 1:18.8 | you know, working as efficiently as courts too. To determine whether Jesse Butler's entire plea deal |
| 1:25.1 | gets thrown out, could it happen? Yeah, it actually could. Why? Because you guys |
| 1:30.5 | give a shit. Because there's public pressure on this case. So let's keep the pedal down on the |
| 1:39.4 | poster child for plan B. |
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