COVINGTON, La. (WGNO) — A Slidell man has been discovered responsible of rape expenses following an investigation right into a 2022 incident.

In line with courtroom paperwork filed with the St. Tammany Parish District Legal professional’s Workplace, in Could 2022 56-year-old Tommy Adolph Cullotta and a 13-year-old lady spent days inside a Covington resort room.

It was famous that through the keep, Cullotta consumed giant quantities of alcohol and commenced “to behave inappropriately towards the younger feminine on a number of events, making her uncomfortable.”

Court docket paperwork revealed the sufferer advised Cullotta that she was uncomfortable which started intermittent arguments. Paperwork state that in their final argument “Cullotta compelled the kid down on one of many resort beds and proceeded to sexually assault her.”

In line with courtroom paperwork, on the first probability she acquired, the teenager known as her mom however didn’t inform her what occurred till days later.

The sufferer’s mom alerted the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Workplace of the crime and the teenager was taken to the Kids’s Hospital Audrey Hepburn Care Heart in New Orleans for a forensic medical examination.

Throughout an interview, the sufferer gave a recount of each incidents stating that Cullotta “forcefully engaged in sexual activity along with her towards her will.”

5 months following the incident, in line with courtroom paperwork, Cullotta was situated and arrested.

Throughout the four-day trial, Cullotta stated he recalled the resort keep however denied consuming alcohol or assaulting {the teenager}. After seven hours of deliberation over the course of two days, the jury returned the responsible verdict.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 11. Cullotta faces the opportunity of as much as 40 years in jail.

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