FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – U.S. District Court Judge Samuel B. Kent, 59, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Houston for allegedly attempting aggravated sexual abuse and for abusive sexual touching of a clerk’s office employee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich announced.
The indictment, returned today in the U.S. District Court in Houston, charges Kent with one count of attempted aggravated sexual abuse on Mar. 23, 2007, and two counts of abusive sexual contact, which is alleged to have occurred on Aug. 29, 2003, and Mar. 23, 2007.
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Chief for Litigation Peter J. Ainsworth and Trial Attorneys John P. Pearson and AnnaLou T. Tirol, of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section, which is headed by Section Chief William M. Welch II. This case is being investigated by the FBI.
An indictment is merely an allegation. Defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law. 08-760
Source: US Department of Justice
