Texas Music DJ Justin Frazell Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault
Former North Texas country radio host Justin Frazell has plead guilty to the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl as part of a plea deal according to authorities in Tarrant County. The former morning show host of 95.9 KFWR “The Ranch” in Fort Worth was a pillar of the Texas radio community before the allegations were made public in March of 2021. Frazell was subsequently fired, and has since been accused of another indecent assault in a separate case in Denton County.
On Tuesday, April 13th, Justin Frazell was sentenced to seven years of deferred adjudication, meaning he will not serve prison time—only probation—and he will not face a criminal conviction if he successfully meets the terms of his sentence. Frazell must register as a sex offender, and is forbidden from owning firearms, or using drugs or alcohol for the duration of the sentence. According to the district attorney, the victim and her family agreed to the terms of the plea deal.
When Justin Frazell was indicted, it was on an aggravated sexual assault charge, and a lesser sexual assault charge. As part of the plea deal, the aggravated sexual assault charge was dropped, and the sexual assault charge was plead guilty to.
According to the arrest warrant from police in the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield, Justin Frazell hosted a party at his Mansfield home on New Year’s Eve 2021 for his family and other friends. The teenage girl was there with her family, but decided to stay the night at the house where Frazell lives with his wife and two children. The alleged victim was a friend of one of Frazell’s daughters. The teens were allowed to drink at the party, and were hanging out together in one of the rooms of the house. The teenage girl then stayed in one of the bedrooms of the house after her parents and other guests had left.
Then according to Mansfield Detective S. Peacock’s warrant statement, Justin Frazell entered the bedroom, gave the teen a White Claw alcoholic drink, kissed her on her forehead, and told her, “This is between us. Don’t say I never do anything for you.” Eventually the teen fell asleep, but woke up with Frazell reportedly pulling her blanket back and performing sex acts on her without her consent. When another child in the house entered a nearby bathroom, Frazell stated he was checking on the teen, and eventually left the bedroom.
The teenage girl then began texting relatives to come get her at about 5 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Frazell went back to the bedroom, but the accuser told him to leave her alone. A relative eventually picked the teen up at the residence. She told her parents about the incident, who later called the police. The victim then went to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth and a sexual assault exam was performed. Specimens were taken and sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office for analysis. According to the affidavit, investigators received lab reports back that confirmed the presence of male DNA samples collected from the victim.
After conducting multiple interviews with witnesses and collecting the DNA evidence, police filed an arrest warrant for Frazell, who was booked into the Tarrant County Jail on felony sexual assault charges on March 24th before being released on bond.
In a separate incident revealed less than a month after the sexual assault arrest, Justin Frazell was booked into the Denton County Jail on Monday, April 26th, 2021 on one count of indecent assault, which is a misdemeanor. He was released a short time later on $2,500 bail. The incident allegedly happened on December 22nd, 2020. On that day, Frazell was in Denton County conducting an interview for his Texas Red Dirt Roads program, though it’s unclear if the alleged indecent assault happened around that event. The Denton County case is still pending.
Before working at 95.9 The Ranch in Fort Worth, Justin Frazell had worked at 570 am KLIF in Dallas starting in 1996, and worked as a traffic reporter and weekend host for country station 99.5 The Wolf starting in 1998. Frazzell was regularly nominated and awarded by Texas radio organizations for his work at The Ranch, and hosted and sponsored numerous charitable events at hospitals for premature babies after his two children were born premature.
April 13, 2022 @ 8:29 am
DISGUSTING POS
April 13, 2022 @ 10:19 am
Shocked beyond belief, all the years Justin was a big part of the DFW Texas/Red Dirt music scene and not one hint of these types of behaviors ever surfaced before now. There are no excuses for these actions and he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. I remain however damned surprised and angry that this happened to these innocent young ladies.
April 13, 2022 @ 10:20 am
Have a couple of concerns, here.
Why would the parents of a 17 year old girl, allow their daughter to be drinking at this party, & then allow her to spend the night at a house where the liquor was free flowing?
Very irresponsible move(s) by her parents.
They too, are criminally negligent.
What teenage girls do not spend the night in the same room, when they are overnighting at each others homes? Laughing & giggling until the very wee hours of the morning?
She woke up while he was pulling her blanket down?
And she did not slap the Holy hell out of him & start calling for help, while maneuvering to get away from him?
Doubt that one White Claw, after a night of boozing, was enough to make her compliant.
This is not a wallflower we’re talking about. This female was drinking in front of her parents. Most likely not her 1st time with liquor.
Several other factors to this story.
And why, when a teen calls relatives at 5:00 a.m. one of the relatives EVENTUALLY comes to pick her up.
EVENTUALLY? a 5:00 a.m. call? This sounds like a hard partying, non too responsible family.
Not excusing Frazell’s alleged behavior in the least.
If this had happened on my parents watch, (which they would Never have consented to – allowing a child to spend the night in this instance) my Dad and uncles would have handled the situation, after getting the facts.
April 13, 2022 @ 10:56 am
@Di–However you think it should be, reality is that plenty of or most parents do not have much control over the day-to-day goings on of their 17-year-olds. You get a provisional driver’s license at 16 in Texas and most places. A lot of or most young people would not even be living with both parents at 17, given the prevalence of single parenthood, divorce, etc.
If you’re part of the great, attentive, fully involved parents group, congratulations.
April 13, 2022 @ 11:44 am
Lucky,
And that’s the problem, isn’t it.
Parents aren’t doing their job.
Before having a full left breast mastectomy, and partial right, and having the ca word, & dead on my feet, drove from Guymon, Oklahoma, to Weehawken, N.J. to lay eyes on my son, & his friends. Make sure everything was OK in their world.
My son is independent and strong.
Knowing that things were hunky dorey with him, allowed me to head back to Oklahoma, then down to Amarillo, to be put under and allow the very capable and renowned Dr. Michael Lary, to do what he does best.
My son’s well being, was of paramount importance.
A parent does not have at least some control over their child at 17 years old?
They certainly do.
My son and his friends knew they damn well better be, where they said they were going to be, when they were out & about.
They had a lot of free reign, because on those nights at midnight, or whenever, a parent might just sashay into the venue, lay eyes on the kids, turn around, & go home.
Funny story (in the midst of pure angst).
Had a gut feeling. Walked into the High School & told the ladies in the office that i wanted 4 young men called to the office.
The fbi asshole left 3 weeks before our 17 year old son started his Senior year.
Really upping the ante on keeping a teenager safe. (i’ll deal with that motherfucker someday). In the meantime, the office ladies looked at each other, & i smiled, looked down and shook my head. Looked back up and asked where they were.
They said that the kids took the day off from school, & were in Louisville ( 2 hours South) i said, And, you know this, how?
They said that my son came into the office to let them know who was going, & where they would be.
Considering all the crap going on, i busted out laughing, and the ladies laughed, and we all shook our heads. Thanked them for their time.
The kids were in a Beemer that wasn’t the slowest thing on the road.
Said a massive prayer, & lined those little bastards up when they strolled into the house later that day. Told them glad they were safe, & thanked them for being responsible enough to let someone know where they were. Then dared them to do it again
June 4, 2022 @ 12:04 pm
Di Harris, this is NOT about you. But hey, thanks for trying.
April 13, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
This is why victims are afraid to come forward. Posts like this.. pathetic! “Alleged crimes”?? WTH! He pleaded GUILTY to it! It’s not “alleged”!
The victims nor their family should be on trial or questioned here. He made an unwanted sexual act on a minor that was his daughter’s age. He pled guilty to doing so. Sorry for the rant… just irks me.
April 13, 2022 @ 12:45 pm
“The victims nor their family should be on trial or questioned here. He made an unwanted sexual act on a minor that was his daughter’s age. He pled guilty to doing so. Sorry for the rant… just irks me.”
@Ramsey,
You are totally missing the point.
Both of the girls parents, and every other adult in this scenario should be on trial here.
The parents knew they were giving alcohol to their minor children. And then NOT 1, BUT BOTH parents allowed her to remain in a drunken environment.
I’ll listen to you rant all day and all night, explaining how this is OK.
Did i say i excused Frazell’s behavior?
A lot more to this story.
April 13, 2022 @ 2:51 pm
“Both of the girls parents, and every other adult in this scenario should be on trial here.
The parents knew they were giving alcohol to their minor children. And then NOT 1, BUT BOTH parents allowed her to remain in a drunken environmen.”
That is NOT illegal! Parents can drink, they can let their 17 year old drink. I KNOW a lot of parents who do. It’s not like these parents were leaving them at a strangers house. He clearly duped them like he did plenty of us.
Thankfully this young lady reached out to her loved ones. Thankfully these parents had the courage to believe their daughter and report it. They should be applauded not criticized. And trust me, I’m someone who who wanted to believe that there was a lot more to this story, and we needed to wait and hear his side. Well, I heard his side today with the guilty plea.
April 13, 2022 @ 3:28 pm
Ramsey,
Do you think a responsible adult would leave their child to spend the night in a drunken environment, while they go home?
April 14, 2022 @ 4:06 am
it’s wildly different to allow a minor to drink some alcohol, than it is to initiate sex acts on the underage friend his daughter. Over half of all Freshman college students drink alcohol. It’s not legal, but it’s not a green light for sexual advances. This clown Frazell also was charged with fondling a woman who was asleep BESIDE HER DATE.
April 14, 2022 @ 6:10 am
A responsible adult would not rape someone. It doesn’t matter if she was drinking or stayed in an environment where drinking was going on. He should know better than to rape someone regardless of their age.
April 13, 2022 @ 12:15 pm
You’re probably right about the alcohol and the inattentive family but I don’t think it’s fair to make any assumptions from the girl’s reaction at such a messed up situation. People act differently than they expect when put on the spot and we don’t know the whole context. If I was at someone’s house and they were drunk, showing off their gun collection or something else kind of threatening and then started acting weird I might try not to piss them off until I can get away and I’m a grown man.
April 13, 2022 @ 12:22 pm
If this happened to my daughters or granddaughters when they were younger (yes, I’m old), he wouldn’t see the light of day again.
April 13, 2022 @ 10:01 pm
Hi Di, I feel compelled to introduce you to the term ‘rape culture’. This is the definition according to Wikipedia:
“Rape culture is a setting, studied by several sociological theories, in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. Behaviors commonly associated with rape culture include victim blaming, slut-shaming, sexual objectification, trivializing rape, denial of widespread rape, refusing to acknowledge the harm caused by sexual violence, or some combination of these. It has been used to describe and explain behavior within social groups, including prison rape and in conflict areas where war rape is used as psychological warfare. Entire societies have been alleged to be rape cultures.It is associated with rape fantasy and rape pornography.”
It is NEVER the victim’s fault. Women should be able to dress the way they want, act the way they want, drink the way they want, pass out the way they want …. and not be terrorised. Parents need to raise their boys NOT to rape, assault and murder.
April 14, 2022 @ 6:27 am
That’s the only comment relevant to the whole happenings.
It doesn’t matter if the 17year old had alcohol or not, don’t try to blame the victim or her parents! The fault is solely Frazell’s.
As to the comparison with other charges, it’s not relevant either, as the victim and her parents agreed (in my opinion, unfortunately) to the plea deal. Should it come to a conviction in the second case, that plea deal will be off – and Frazell will be doing time.
April 14, 2022 @ 7:29 am
Hi Carla, you are right that it is never the victim’s fault, however, you are incorrect to suggest that we live in a rape culture.
April 14, 2022 @ 8:57 am
I don’t know if we live in a ‘rape culture’ or not. But someone admitting guilt for raping a 17-year-old not having to serve any hard time would certainly be evidence in the direction that we do.
April 14, 2022 @ 9:29 am
@Carla,
“It is NEVER the victim’s fault. Women should be able to dress the way they want, act the way they want, drink the way they want, pass out the way they want …. and not be terrorised. Parents need to raise their boys NOT to rape, assault and murder.”
Where did i mention this was the victim’s fault?
April 14, 2022 @ 10:25 am
@Trig–
Things are not as simple as your “rape culture” remark seems to suggest.
The age of consent for sex in this country is 16 or 17 in the vast majority of states. It’s 17 in Texas.
The accuser was over the age of consent. It’s quite possible–indeed, probable–that the prosecutors saw the case against Frazell as a difficult one to make and win. Maybe when they interviewed the victim, she was all over the map as far as changing her story. Maybe she didn’t WANT to go to court and testify and be cross-examined.
Under the circumsances, a plea deal where Frazell admits guilt to (non-aggravated) sexual assault and will have to live as a registered sex offender for the next 7 years is not evidence at all of a “rape culture.” It’s evidence that defendants have rights in this country and sometimes prosecutors and defendants have to make compromises. The plea agreement was approved by all involved.
Frazell could have gone to drial and defended himself on the grounds that the sexual encounter was consensual–and he might have walked out a totally free and legally innocent man.
April 14, 2022 @ 3:17 pm
Trig, I would suggest we do live in a rape culture due to some of the comments here suggesting the girls parents were at fault etc.
Rape culture is about normalising that we as women are expected to not go to places where we may ‘put ourselves at risk’, where we are supposed to feel flattered when men cat call and whistle at us, that it is normal for us women to carry our keys between our fingers when we walk to our cars at night.
This stuff is actually unacceptable and I want to live in a world where none of those things happen.
That change can only start with men, making us feel less fearful in the world.
PS thank you all for the considered and thoughtful comments. It’s a huge and overwhelming conversation, yet an important one.
April 14, 2022 @ 3:55 am
It’s not shocking that a 17 yr old would drink some alcohol. It’s obviously shocking and illegal for the dad to think he could “pull off” sexual activity with one of his high school aged daughter’s friends while they are all in the same house.
April 14, 2022 @ 7:31 am
Exactly, I was drinking alcohol when I was 12. It’s insane to blame her when all she did was drink underage.
April 14, 2022 @ 3:06 pm
It’s not like they left their 17 year old at some frat house with drunk college kids. They left her with trusted parents of her friend.
April 15, 2022 @ 5:21 am
Di Harris; “I am not blaming the victim, but…” then immediately starts blaming the victim.
June 4, 2022 @ 11:59 am
You’re blaming the victim?!? Based on this article and how it was written?!? Please. That man has a problem and thank God this YOUNG LADY spoke up.
Can you imagine the disrespect to his wife? And to his children? And you’re worried about sleeping arrangements?
And this pervert only gets probation? What a slap in the face!
April 13, 2022 @ 10:53 am
You’d never get the notion from his picture.
April 13, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
I agree, he looks so kind and charming.
April 13, 2022 @ 12:27 pm
Freddy Fender did three years for two fucking joints! I have a buddy that got caught with 200 pounds of bud and is on probation for 15 years! Great job Texas!
April 13, 2022 @ 2:56 pm
This is ludicrous. Sentences like this are why stuff like this continues to happen. First I don’t know if the other parents knew there was drinking, maybe they did. But I’m sure they figured the dad was responsible enough not to actually give their daughter a beverage. Now did he give his own daughters alcohol, I doubt it. So it tells me he had stuff planned all along. Probably been fantasizing about this moment all along. This girl’s a 17 year old girl so maybe he found her attractive but that doesn’t excuse any of this behavior. She doesn’t have any blame here. Adults have to act like mature adults. Trying to shift to other people isn’t good though the fact they agreed to this bothers me. The only thing though is if they wanted to press for an actual trial, the girl would have had to testify so maybe they were trying to get it behind her but it’s always going to be in her head. This guy deserves twenty years especially considering he’s already in trouble for something else. And he shouldn’t be allowed around his own kids. How do you look your own kid in the face after this. My girlfriend has mostly girls and I’ve been around as some have grown to adulthood and they have had friends over, while I might have thought some might have been nice looking for a young girl, the thought of any kind of sexual acts with them or giving one alcohol would never reach my mind. Sorry he’s a dispicable person and deserves far worse here. Far worse.
April 14, 2022 @ 7:22 am
There is definitely a major issue with the decision making and risk assessment part of the guy’s brain. Alcohol is never an alibi for breaking the law.
April 14, 2022 @ 4:11 am
I do hope this asshole has a rough time in prison.
April 14, 2022 @ 8:16 am
He is not going to prison. He got 7 years deferred adjudication!!!! His record will be wiped clean!!!!
And I bet you He goes back into radio with his own station!!!!
April 14, 2022 @ 11:44 am
“According to an arrest warrant affidavit issued in March and obtained by NBC 5, Frazell allegedly made unwanted, non-consensual sexual contact with the girl, who was staying the night at Frazell’s home after her parents left the party at around 2 a.m. The victim told Mansfield police that Frazell’s daughter had a headache and slept in her parents’ bed, so the victim went to her friend’s room and FaceTimed another friend.
During that call, the victim said that Frazell came into the room, brought her an alcoholic seltzer drink, kissed her on the forehead and said, “This is between us. Don’t say I never do anything for you.” The friend on FaceTime corroborated the account and said Frazell told him over the video call that she “was a good girl and that he needs to make sure he does not hurt her” before leaving the room.
The victim went to bed and said that she “was asleep when the blankets were suddenly pulled off of her” and that “her pants and underwear were pulled off and her legs were pulled down toward the bed.” The teen said she was too scared to open her eyes or speak and felt someone touching her genitals with their hands and mouth before backing away from the bed. She told investigators she could hear the person moving around the room before he returned, naked, got on top of her and began moving around. After hearing a noise in the hallway, the man got up, put on his pants and opened the door, where he told a boy in the hallway that he was checking on the victim, who was able to see that the man was Frazell when he was standing in the doorway.
After speaking to the boy, the victim says Frazell walked over to her and pulled her pants halfway back up, later returning to pull her pants all the way up.”
Anyone else have questions about the claims in this affidavit?
April 14, 2022 @ 3:20 pm
Di, FYI this is called VICTIM BLAMING:
“She woke up while he was pulling her blanket down?
And she did not slap the Holy hell out of him & start calling for help, while maneuvering to get away from him?
Doubt that one White Claw, after a night of boozing, was enough to make her compliant.
This is not a wallflower we’re talking about. This female was drinking in front of her parents. Most likely not her 1st time with liquor.”
April 14, 2022 @ 3:34 pm
Ah, Carla,
You’re trying too hard to correct something that’s not there.
Read the post of the arrest warrant affidavit.
Any 1st year law student worth their salt could poke holes in one of the claims, in particular.
April 15, 2022 @ 1:02 am
I can assure you, Di Karen … i know the fam and the dude thought he was some kind of special. He’s a total ass. You know nothing. You can feel free to prove otherwise … .but you really dont know s about this …
April 14, 2022 @ 3:53 pm
i want to know who was the boy in the hallway
” he told a boy in the hallway that he was checking on the victim, who was able to see that the man was Frazell when he was standing in the doorway…After speaking to the boy…”
are both his kids girls or is that the boy, and if so is he covering for his sons assault of the girl.
April 15, 2022 @ 12:37 am
your prob right! That’s why they got divorced and the boy and sis still lives w mom at house. You tot figured it out . genius.
April 14, 2022 @ 2:54 pm
There is no age of consent when it comes to grown adults especially those with a family with high school or lower age kids especially friends of your own children. I don’t care if she sat there and begged him to have sex with her. You can call it rape or whatever, I call it disgusting behavior and the guy shouldn’t be walking around freely. In another better time, he would be gagged, taken out in the woods, and nothing ever heard of him again. Maybe that’s a little rough but probably not.
April 15, 2022 @ 9:56 am
jeck,
my name is di, not karen.
: D Throw your real name out there, let’s see what we have.
You won’t do it, because you’re just another coward.
April 15, 2022 @ 10:03 am
We’re done with this thread. See how we’ve taken a news story about a young girl being RAPED and turned it into people lobbing personal insults and threats towards each other? What an embarrassment. Think about the victim. Think about how this situation has torn apart a family, injured the Texas music community. The guy plead GUILTY. There is no need for hypotheticals, or qualifying statements.
April 16, 2022 @ 8:33 am
Why did he plead guilty when there is very little evidence from the eye witness, unless they have DNA proof it was him and not just a Male. Very fishy
April 16, 2022 @ 8:53 am
Witnesses don’t offer evidence, they offer testimony. It’s very likely the DNA evidence matched Mr. Frazell. The denoting of the DNA as “Male” was a preliminary finding revealed in the original police affidavit. Mr. Frazell could have fought the charges and requested a jury trial.
April 16, 2022 @ 11:22 am
The only thing that is fishy is your post.
April 22, 2022 @ 6:29 am
D**n !!!!! HOLY CRAP !!!! Another perverted Country music personality ? Hope this dude gets the book thrown at him if guilty.
April 22, 2022 @ 6:33 am
Freddy Fender was Latino,not white,that’s why he spent three years in the joint (no pun intended) for two doobies,and I believe the governor who released and/or pardoned him was the segregationist Louisiana GOV. Jimmie Davis of “You Are My Sunshine” fame.