Sauk Rapids Man Sentenced to Probation in Sexual Assault Plea Deal

(KNSI) — A 22-year-old from Sauk Rapids will avoid jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting three teen girls.

Deshun Nathan was charged in Stearns County District Court with three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct after prosecutors said he assaulted the teens over several months in 2018. In November, he pled guilty, admitting to the allegations that he assaulted one teen at St. Cloud Tech High School and another at his apartment. Nathan also told prosecutors there was an assault that happened in the nursing room at the St. Cloud Public Library.

According to interviews conducted by police, a 15-year-old girl who was a student at St. Cloud Tech High School said Nathan and another man approached her at school, cornering her and begging her to have sex with both of them. She said she gave in, and the two took her to an electrical room in the school’s basement, where the assault took place. The assault was also recorded, with several students saying they saw a video of what happened. She said she was unaware that a video existed.

A second girl told investigators that Nathan invited her to his apartment via Snapchat and is also accused of recording the assault.

A third teen came forward saying Nathan asked her to have sex and said she was hesitant at first but then relented. He is accused of assaulting her in the same electrical room as the first girl. Other encounters also allegedly occurred at Nathan’s apartment, and she said she thought he may have recorded one of them.

Nathan was sentenced to five years probation and must also refrain from sexually explicit material, attend sex offender treatment, and register as a predatory offender for the rest of his life. Any violation could land him in prison.

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