Date: 06-15-2016

Case Style: State of Oklahoma v. Scott Montgomery Bennett

Case Number: CF-2015-39

Judge: J. Dwayne Steidley

Court: District Court, Rogers County, Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Edith Singer

Defendant's Attorney: Shannon McMurray

Description: Claremore, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Scott Montgomery Bennett with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: RAPE, RAPE BY INSTRUMENTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1111.1
Date of Offense: 12/05/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
Bennett, Scott Montgomery
Count # 2. Count as Filed: SEXB, SEXUAL BATTERY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(B)
Date of Offense: 12/05/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
Bennett, Scott Montgomery

Defendant, a keyboardist, with the Brian Wilson Band, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in an elevator and in a hallway of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Catoosa, Oklahoma in December 2014.

Outcome: (MIN OF 4-29-2016) STEIDLEY; ST BY SINGER; DFT PRESENT WITH ATTY MCMURRAY; CRT REPORTED BY BEAVERS; COMES ON FOR CONTINUED JURY TRIAL; DFT'S WITNESSES CALLED AND SWORN; TESTIMONY HEARD; DFT RESTS; STATE'S REBUTTAL WITNESS CALLED AND SWORN; TESTIMONY HEARD; STATE RESTS; JURY INSTRUCTED; CLOSING STATEMENTS HEARD; JURY DELIBERATES; DURING DELIBERATION, ALTERNATE JURORS WERE STILL UNDER THE COURT'S ADMONITION NOT TO DISCUSS THE CASE AND THEY WERE NOT EXCUSED SO THAT IF A PROBLEM AROSE, THEY COULD BE UTILIZED; DURING DELIBERATION, JUROR #5, DAVIDSON, HAD TO LEAVE DUE TO HER RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; ALTERNATE #1, RIDDLE, WAS PUT IN AS JUROR #5; JURY DELIBERATES AND FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
AS TO COUNT 1, DFT FOUND GUILTY AND FIX PUNISHMENT AT 3 YEARS;
AS TO COUNT 2, DFT FOUND GUILTY AND FIX PUNISHMENT AT 2 YEARS;
DFT REMANDED TO CUSTODY OF RCS; BOND EXONERATED; PSI ORDERED; DFT SET FOR FORMAL SENTENCING 6-14-2016 AT 9:30 AM

Defendant was sentenced to 5 years in prison per the jury's recommendation to the Court.

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