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NEW: Bodycam footage released showing an Oklahoma teen crying while being arrested for r*ping multiple high schoolers.

Jesse Mack Butler so badly assaulted one of the girls that she needed surgery on her neck.

According to the girl, Butler repeatedly r*ped and strangled her if… pic.twitter.com/L56Cn1RVlm

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 2, 2025

- Bodycam footage from Jesse Butler's 2024 arrest depicts a tearful scene at his Stillwater home, where his mother vows "I'll get you out" as officers cuff the 17-year-old for multiple rapes and near-fatal strangulations of high school girls, one requiring emergency neck surgery.

- Butler, whose father once directed football operations at Oklahoma State University, pleaded no contest to 11 felonies including rape and sexual battery, yet Oklahoma's Youthful Offender Act granted him probation and counseling instead of up to 80 years in prison, emphasizing rehabilitation for serious teen offenders over incarceration.

- Victims' families and state lawmakers have called for probes into Judges Susan Worthington and Jesse Stone's rulings, fueling debates on juvenile justice equity, as a 2017 federal study found youthful offenders recidivate at 67% within eight years—higher than adults—raising concerns over such leniency's effectiveness.