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A former North Texas country radio host who pleaded guilty earlier this year to the sexual assault of a teenager pleaded no contest this week to an indecent assault charge in Denton County.
Justin Barrett Frazell, 48, entered the plea Wednesday to the misdemeanor charge, which stemmed from an incident in December 2020. He was sentenced to 18 months of deferred-adjudication probation with 80 hours of community service.
Deferred adjudication is a type of punishment in which the case is dismissed if a person follows the terms of their probation.
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Frazell’s attorney, Caroline Simone, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Frazell was a longtime morning-show host for “The Ranch” KFWR (95.9 FM). The station said in March 2021 that it had terminated its relationship with him after he was arrested in Tarrant County.
The night of Dec. 22, 2020, Frazell was at the Lucky Spur Ranch Retreat in Justin hosting a “Back Roads Conversation” with a country musician, an arrest-warrant affidavit says.
A woman told authorities she had attended the event and was lying on top of the covers with her date next to her in bed that night when Frazell entered her bedroom. Frazell, who was wearing only a shirt and underwear, started fondling her, the woman told police.
The woman said she told Frazell to stop and that he left her room but returned later wearing only underwear. He left when she started waking up her date, the affidavit says.
In April, Frazell pleaded guilty in Tarrant County to a charge of sexual assault.
In that case, a teenager said Frazell took off her clothes and performed sex acts on her while she was spending the night at his Mansfield home after a New Year’s party, an arrest-warrant affidavit says.
He was sentenced to seven years of deferred-adjudication probation and was required to register as a sex offender.
Frazell previously was a traffic reporter for “The Wolf” KPLX (99.5 FM) but was let go in 2008. He also worked at KLIF (570 AM).