Parties in a sex abuse case are close to reaching a plea agreement.
The 19-year-old defendant is charged with first-degree child sex abuse for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl multiple times when she was 11-years-old.
During the Jan. 6 hearing, parties told DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt they were close to a plea deal for a misdemeanor charge and would like to set a date for the defendant to accept the plea.
“We’re extremely close, I would say 95 to 100 percent there,” defense attorney Johnathan Lanyi said.
Judge Brandt set a Jan. 25 date for the defendant to accept the plea.
