Editor's Note: This story includes references of a sexual assault and may be triggering.
A mom in Oklahoma held a man at gunpoint after she woke up to find him allegedly raping her 12-year-old daughter. Reports say that the man, Donovan Scott Sheppard, told police at the time of his arrest that he's HIV positive.
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According to an affidavit shared by news outlet Oklahoma News KFOR, Sheppard was taken home by a woman who lived with him after a bar fight. After the woman had fallen asleep, she awoke to find Sheppard allegedly sexually assaulting her daughter in her room.
The affidavit stated that this wasn't the first time Sheppard had sexually assaulted the young girl. She told police that it had happened more than once, with one of the incidents happening on her birthday.
"He raped me," the girl told the forensic interviewer, saying it happened six times.
Sheppard was a youth baseball coach for a team called the Oklahoma Aftermath.
Sheppard was arrested and taken to the Cleveland County Jail, where he remained as of January 22, according to the Kansas City Star. He is being charged with several felonies including lewd molestation, rape by instrumentation, first-degree rape, exposing others to AIDS, and pattern of criminal offenses.
