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Alpha TX lawyer gets 80 yrs for ATD videotaping & turning bitches out
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:31 PM Author: Excitant high-end kitchen http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5588923/Lawyer-cries-sentenced-80-years-prison-forcing-clients-sex.html
A former San Antonio attorney has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for forcing his clients to have sex with him in return for legal services.
Mark Henry Benavides, 48, broke down in tears on Friday as he heard the sentence and mouthed 'I love you' to his wife, who is still staying with him.
Benavides filmed videos of the violent sexual encounters, one of which was so graphic that a female juror fainted after viewing it in court.
The father-of-two was convicted on all six counts he faced of continuous trafficking of persons and the panel took six hours to decide his sentences.
He will serve at least 30 years before he is eligible for parole.
Benavides forced six women he had represented in prostitution or drug cases to have sex with him in return for legal help.
Detectives recovered 246 mini DVDs containing hundreds of videos in which he was seen directing the women during often violent sex.
On Tuesday, prosecutors in a Texas court played footage of Benavides forcing one such client to have anal sex with him, KSAT reported.
'Mark, it hurts!' the woman, 29, cried on the video. 'You're hurting me… Don't be so rough.' Benavides filmed videos of the violent sexual encounters, one of which was so graphic that a female juror fainted after viewing it in court.
Benavides' wife of 11 years, Linda, (pictured) appeared at the trial's sentencing phase to urge the jury to 'please be fair' as she announced she was staying with him
Benavides' wife of 11 years, Linda, (right) appeared at the trial's sentencing phase to urge the jury to 'please be fair' as she announced she was staying with him
Benavides repeatedly ordered the woman to 'come back here' in the footage, while the woman pressed her hands against her face and sobbed.
The jurors were so shocked by the clip that the judge sent them out for a break. As they were walking out, one woman fainted at the door. She was later excused and replaced with an alternate.
The woman in the video later explained to the court that she felt she had to sleep with her lawyer because 'he said he would help me get my son back.'
She said they'd first had sex in July 2014 - on the same day that he was appointed by the court to work as her attorney.
She said they would go to a motel in San Antonio, where he told her what to do sexually while recording the encounter. When she asked why he was filming, he said it was just for him, she told the court.
'Sometimes he would ask me my name, how old I was, and ask, 'What are you going to do?' she testified. Benavides (seen in an undated photo) forced six women he had represented in prostitution or drug cases to have sex with him in return for legal help +5
Benavides (seen in an undated photo) forced six women he had represented in prostitution or drug cases to have sex with him in return for legal help
She was encouraged to answer: 'I'm going to [expletive] my lawyer.' She said Benavides told her to say 'bye' to the camera after they finished.
Benavides' wife of 11 years, Linda, appeared at the trial's sentencing phase to urge the jury to 'please be fair' as she announced she was staying with him, reported Express News.
'He cheated. He did. But he's a good person. Please be fair. His kids love him so much,' she told the jury while crying.
When questioned by prosecutor Jay Norton about whether she thought her husband had committed a crime she replied: 'I am not aware of what has happened, except what I heard on the news.'
Norton said: 'They found him guilty of force, fraud and coercion.'
'To me, it's cheating,' Benavides replied.
'It's an understatement to call it cheating if it's a criminal act,' Norton said. 'The jury found him guilty of crimes, not cheating.'
Meredith Chacon, also prosecuting, branded Benavides 'a pimp in a suit' during her closing arguments.
The 48-year-old, who has since been disbarred, was first arrested in November 2015 accused of using force or coercing at least nine female clients into prostitution.
At the time he had been running as a candidate as a state district judge. Benavides (left, in the court on Friday) repeatedly ordered the woman to 'come back here' in the footage, while the woman pressed her hands against her face and sobbed +5
Benavides (left, in the court on Friday) repeatedly ordered the woman to 'come back here' in the footage, while the woman pressed her hands against her face and sobbed
Several of clients claimed that Benavides promised them he'd help them, and even get the cases thrown out altogether if they slept with him, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Benavides was indicted earlier this month for continuous trafficking of women between 2012 and 2015.
Benavides still faces two charges of sexual assault of a child, a charge of sexual assault and another charge of continuous trafficking of persons.
Each case will be tried separately. |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 9:37 PM Author: judgmental internet-worthy mood What did you expect when you put a Mexican in a position of authority? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241554) |
Date: June 13th, 2018 6:35 PM Author: Slate geriatric prole "Benavides' wife of 11 years, Linda, (pictured) appeared at the trial's sentencing phase to urge the jury to 'please be fair' as she announced she was staying with him"
That's ride or die bitch right there. |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:36 PM Author: Curious Overrated Stage what force? he made a deal and they accepted. legal services aren't free (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240382) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:39 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit Article says he was court-appointed, so they were in this case (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240402) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 9:43 PM Author: ebony theater Courts don't appoint free attorneys in child custody cases (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241580) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 10:08 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit They weren't prostitution and drug cases?
I gather that they were criminal cases, and she was implying that conviction/the charges would mean that her child was taken away. |
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Date: June 14th, 2018 12:16 AM Author: garnet rebellious business firm round eye In my jurisdiction they do. It fucking blows, and there ain't never been a woman involved in one of the cases where I have been appointed that I had the faintest desire to fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36242479) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:38 PM Author: Blue weed whacker 80 years seems excessive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240389) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:39 PM Author: plum big native he dared to sully the angels that walk among us--females... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240399) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:39 PM Author: cyan embarrassed to the bone theatre degenerate Sounds like he chose jury sentencing and the jury probably had a lot of females on it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240404) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:40 PM Author: Slate geriatric prole he repeatedly violated the rules of professional conduct. just wait until the texas bar gets done with him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240410) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:04 PM Author: racy nubile striped hyena (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240970) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:38 PM Author: plum big native huh...he looks familiar--I have run into this guy somewhere, almost certainly in a courthouse in houston or fort worth or dallas...years ago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240394) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:40 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit (Holding hands to face, sobbing) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240408) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:39 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit 1) what a 180 wife 2) how can i get on a jury like that |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:50 PM Author: cyan embarrassed to the bone theatre degenerate Dress like a nu male at jury selection. Don't say anything, but if you must speak, use a lisp. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240477) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:40 PM Author: wine comical brethren huge lib here, but does that mean it's a crime if i force people to give me money in order to receive my legal services? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240412) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:42 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit If you're a court-appointed lawyer like him, probably yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240417) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 7:42 PM Author: massive multi-billionaire range (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240837) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:21 PM Author: wine comical brethren if i'm a court appointed lawyer i have to work for no pay? sounds like a 13th amendment violation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241085) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:50 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit The court/state pays you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241257) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 6:43 PM Author: plum big native he did NOT force them to have sex...as the article claims
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Date: June 13th, 2018 7:09 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit He was their court-appointed lawyer, he was required to represent them and they had no real alternative if they didn't want to go to jail (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240605) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:07 PM Author: plum big native he did not force them...all they had to do was complain about it to the prosecutor or judge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240985) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:11 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit plz write me into your will to inherit your home video collection (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241009) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:13 PM Author: Fragrant Opaque Shitlib (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241028) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:17 PM Author: plum big native ha ha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241061) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 7:47 PM Author: trip library This sounds hot af. Where are the vids??? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240863) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 7:52 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit lawyered.com (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36240897) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 9:00 PM Author: Flesh swashbuckling parlour wagecucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241311) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:19 PM Author: Unhinged At-the-ready Chapel 80 years? heck, why not 8,000 years? or 8 million? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241078) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 8:52 PM Author: galvanic sanctuary Probably because that's not what the statutes provide. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241271) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 9:05 PM Author: Unhinged At-the-ready Chapel well, shit, just change them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241359) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 9:23 PM Author: Slate geriatric prole They're not done with this guy yet. He's still facing some pedo charges. He'll never see the outside. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241463) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 9:36 PM Author: slippery den skinny woman I posted this on april 7th dammnit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241548) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 10:05 PM Author: sickened slap-happy reading party Interesting. I see that he "forced" the women to have sex with him, but I don't see him being charged with rape. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241738) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 10:37 PM Author: big-titted fortuitous meteor orchestra pit Doesn't meet the elements for rape in Texas. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241987) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 10:14 PM Author: Unhinged At-the-ready Chapel this has got to FUCKING end. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36241801) |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 10:20 PM Author: Ocher Shivering Affirmative Action Jap "Continuous trafficking of persons" Two child sexual assault charges still to be tried? I sense we're not getting all the info |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 10:22 PM Author: Unhinged At-the-ready Chapel 'trafficking' is nebulous orwellian gobbledegook and 'child' means 17 and 11 months |
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Date: June 13th, 2018 11:52 PM Author: dull vigorous sandwich queen of the night Have wyou basically made everything illegal now, so that the government can just lock you up for 80 years if it doesn’t *like* what you did? What a trumped up BS charge. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4001439&forum_id=2#36242383) |