A former Johnson County man has been charged with three felonies and is suspected of sexual assaults on a child for more than a year.
Christopher A. White, 37, of 2135 Lake Hills Drive, Kingwood, Texas, has been charged with three felonies: child molesting, rape when compelled by force or imminent threat of force and sexual battery, where the victim is compelled to submit by force or threat of force.
The child was less than 14 years old at the time of the attacks, which occurred in an apartment in Franklin and a home in New Whiteland in 2015 and 2016, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Johnson Superior Court 2. She had known White since she was a young child and had spent the night at his home, the affidavit said.
She told a forensic interviewer that White had tried to have sex with her when his wife was sleeping, and that when she would tell him no, he would tell her to hush. He also told her that she was not allowed to use his phone, such as for watching videos, if she didn’t have sex with him, the affidavit said.
She told the interviewer that he took off her clothes, threw them across the room and covered her mouth when she tried to scream, and he would hold her arms to keep her from pushing him away during one assault, the court documents said.
The girl didn’t tell anyone initially because White told her that if she told anyone, her mom would kill her and then kill White, and her life would be over, the probable cause affidavit said.
The family has since moved to another state, and White also moved to the area shortly after the family did about two years ago, although he had no connection to the community, the report said. The child told her mother and school counselor about the incidents this spring after White had moved to her new community, tried to kiss her and repeated his earlier threats that her life would be over if she told anyone, according to the affidavit.
When the girl realized White hadn’t changed, she told her mother and a school counselor the next day, the report said.
The investigation started in May when Franklin police received a report from the Montgomery County Sheriffs Office in Texas, about a possible assault that had occurred in Franklin. Texas authorities conducted the investigation. White hired an attorney and wouldn’t answer their questions, the report said.
The charges were filed in September, and police traveled to Texas and arrested White on a warrant. He was taken to the Johnson County jail this weekend and held on $32,000 bond.
