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Texas woman, 18, arrested after showing sex tape with ex-boyfriend to his bar customers: court docs
An 18-year-old Texas woman was arrested when she allegedly showed a sex tape of her and her now ex-boyfriend in the back of his truck to his friends and customers at a bar in a twisted revenge porn case.
Taylor Jewell Richard is accused of airing the lewd footage of her and Michael Bassett to patrons at the District 249 Bar & Grill in Tomball, Texas, on March 3 with intent to harm her former beau, according to an arrest affidavit viewed by The Post.
Bassett, the owner and CEO of a diesel maintenance company, owned up to recording the Valentine’s Day romp after Richard’s urging and with the “confidence” of the video not being shown to anyone outside the couple.
“She had me record it on her phone,” Bassett told KTRK. “I mean, I took those out of confidence, not thinking they would get out. I don’t got an OnlyFans or anything. I don’t sell pictures and stuff of my body.”
Bassett claimed he ended his relationship with Richard shortly after Valentine’s Day and asked her to delete the footage from her phone.
One of Bassett’s friends was at the bar, located 28 miles northwest of Houston, and alerted Bassett of Richard’s act through Snapchat.
The messages turned to joking and name-calling, including Bassett being referred to as “Mickle Pickle.”
Some of his customers took offense to the sultry videos and turned their patronage away from Bassett’s business, infuriating the self-employer.
“I can handle my friends messing with me and whatnot. I can’t handle when I start losing money,” he said.
Richard was arrested Monday night and formally charged Wednesday.
She faces one count of felony, Unlawful Disclosure of Intimate Visual Material, a crime that faces up to two years in prison if found guilty.
“(Richard) knew that said visual material was created under circumstances in which (Bassett) had a reasonable expectation that said visual material would remain private, and the disclosure of said visual material caused harm to the (Bassett,) namely by public ridicule and business customer relation damage,” the charging document read.
Richard was released on her recognizance under the condition of not making contact with Bassett.
But before being released from jail, she called him begging for the charges to be dropped.
“She was just like, ‘Are you going to drop the charges?’ And this, that, and the other. I’m like, ‘No, you have a lesson to learn,’” he told the outlet.
Bassett also warned other “young men” to not end up in a similar situation by not recording themselves.
“Tomorrow’s promised to nobody. Your relationship is not promised to you tomorrow and these women are out here can be evil,” he added.
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Brazoria County deputy shoots, kills Texas State University student after car chase, report says
BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas – A Texas State University student was shot and killed by a Brazoria County Sheriff’s deputy early Monday morning after an attempted traffic stop in Lake Jackson.
The news was first reported by The University Star, Texas State’s student-run newspaper.
In a Tuesday statement to KSAT, the university identified the student as John Gabriel Mendoza Jr., 18. He was a freshman who studied management, according to the school.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, classmates, and all those affected by this tragedy,” the university said in its statement.
Deputies attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle just after midnight Monday near Farm-to-Market 2004 and This Way Street in Lake Jackson, the sheriff’s office said.
The driver of the vehicle, who was identified as Mendoza by The University Star, did not stop, deputies said. The deputies then chased after the vehicle for approximately a mile into a neighborhood located in the 100 block of Indian Warrior Trail.
According to the sheriff’s office, the driver went inside a home’s garage and parked before a deputy approached the vehicle, the release said.
The deputy then pulled out his firearm and shot into the vehicle. The sheriff’s office said the gunfire struck the driver.
The University Star reported that Mendoza was the one shot. He was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The deputy who pulled the trigger has since been placed on administrative leave in accordance with the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office policy.
KSAT reached out to the Lake Jackson Police Department and the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office for more information, but neither agency has responded at this time.
The shooting investigation is being led by the Texas Rangers, according to a Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office news release.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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