(Stillwater, Okla.) — A woman accused of having sexual intercourse with a developmentally disabled client at his Stillwater residence while she was employed by Supported Community Lifestyles has been ordered to appear in court Sept. 26 on a second-degree rape charge.
Sharlisa Katrice Priest, 20, of Perkins, was arrested on Aug. 27 and released that day on $15,000 bond with a condition that she have no contact with her alleged victim, a 21-year-old man with a diagnosis of mental retardation, court records show.
Stillwater Police Detective Inspector Greg Miller wrote in an affidavit filed last week that Priest was employed by Supported Community Lifetyles (SCL) from September 2013 until February 2014 and worked an overnight shift from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
“On Feb. 12, 2014, management of SCL was made aware of possible sexual contact between Sharlisa Priest,” and the client, the affidavit alleged.
Two employees of SCL spoke with the client who “told them he had sex with Sharlisa on the couch and in the shower,” during the Feb. 11/12 overnight shift, the affidavit alleged.
On Feb. 14, 2014, an employee of the state Department of Human Services Office of Client Advocacy and the Stillwater police detective inspector interviewed the client, according to Miller’s affidavit.
The client “told us he had sex with Sharlisa Priest,” and was not certain of the date, but it was recent, the affidavit alleged.
Priest and the client were sitting together on the couch while watching television in the living room when they kissed and moved to his bedroom where they had sex before later having sex again in the bathroom shower, the client allegedly told the detective, according to the affidavit.
A stain determined to be seminal fluid contained the DNA of Priest and the client, the affidavit alleged.
The alleged sexual activity occurred at the residence of three clients of SCL, under contract with the state Department of Human Services Office of Client Advocacy, the affidavit said.
If convicted of second-degree rape of the developmentally disabled man, Priest could be given a prison sentence from one year to 15 years, according to the felony charge filed by prosecutor Lynn Hermanson.
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