Buda man gets 90 days in jail after picking up 14-year-old on MySpace

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By Steve Kreytak, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

A Buda man accused of sexually assaulting a then-14-year-old Bowie High School student after meeting her on MySpace pleaded guilty Friday to injury to a child under a plea bargain that calls for him to spend 90 days in jail.

Pete Ignacio Solis was 19 in 2006 when he met the girl on the popular online social networking site. His lawyer contends that Solis did not force the girl, younger than the legal age of consent in Texas, to have sex.

The incident prompted the girl's mother to sue MySpace, a case that was dismissed last year by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin after Sparks said it was her parents' responsibility and not that of the Web site to ensure the girl's online safety.

Under the plea bargain, the felony charge against Solis was reduced, from sexual assault of a child to felony injury to a child. The indictment was amended to remove any reference to a sexual assault.



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