Teen's medical records sought in sexual assault case
A Butler man facing multiple charges of sexual assault again sought Wednesday to bring his teenage accuser's medical records into the case.
Garrett A. Luttrell, 35, of Butler faces just five charges related to sexual assault, not the hundreds previously reported.
Luttrell was originally charged with hundreds of counts of the five charges he faces. He still faces those five charges, but an amendment filed in 2018 consolidated the counts into one singular count of each charge.
Devin O'Leary, the attorney representing Luttrell, asked county Judge William Shaffer to use his authority to conduct a review of records kept by child service agencies and determine whether those records ought to be available for Luttrell's defense.
O'Leary wanted records from both Butler County Children and Youth Services and the nonprofit Family Pathways. O'Leary said he believes the records would illustrate a history of mental illness and similar sexual accusations by the accuser.
David Crissman served as CYS's attorney during Wednesday's hearing.
“Treatment records are what they're looking for,” Crissman said. “Treatment records are protected. The information sought is specifically protected information.”
Crissman asked for O'Leary's request to be revoked.
The five charges he faces are statutory sexual assault, deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault. The abuse allegedly took place over several years between 2014 and 2018. The victim is 15 years old and was about 11 years old at the time the alleged abuse began.
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This excerpt was edited August 9 to include a correction. Luttrell faces just five charges related to sexual assault, not the hundreds previously reported.Luttrell was originally charged with hundreds of counts of the five charges he faces. He still faces those five charges, but an amendment filed in 2018 consolidated the counts into one singular count of each charge.
