Bail is set at $250,000 for an Onalaska man accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman during a massage at his residence in late October or early November.
The man, identified as Trevor Brent Sanchez, 68, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for one count of indecent liberties on Thursday, Nov. 9. He was formally charged in Lewis County Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 13.
Sanchez is accused of sexually assaulting the victim when she fell asleep during a massage on either Oct. 28 or Nov. 5, according to court documents.
The victim reported the assault on Nov. 5 and said “it happened approximately a week before she told anybody.”
When interviewed by a Lewis County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Nov. 9, the victim “explained she was scared of Mr. Sanchez due to his size and she pretended to be asleep during the touching because she wanted to pretend it didn’t happen,” according to court documents.
The victim reported Sanchez, who is not a licensed massage therapist, had “previously offered to give her a back rub and she agreed this time in part to get him to stop asking,” according to court documents.
A deputy reportedly contacted Sanchez and Sanchez’s attorney about the allegations on Nov. 9. When questioned, Sanchez allegedly “alluded to the fact he believed this report was in retaliation for a stolen vehicle incident,” according to court documents. Sanchez had reported his vehicle as stolen by the victim’s fiancé on Nov. 7.
Sanchez is currently facing an unrelated indecent liberties charge in Lewis County Superior Court stemming from an Aug. 29, 2022, incident where he allegedly sexually assaulted a separate 18-year-old woman he had hired to help with yard work.
Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to that charge and is scheduled to face trial in January 2024.
Sanchez was allowed to remain out of custody on unsecured bail for that case when he was charged in February 2022, but bail was set at $100,000 on Monday after his arrest on the new case.
Sanchez will have to post both bail amounts, which have a combined total of $350,000, to be released from custody.
Arraignment on the new case is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 22.
No contact orders protecting each of the two victims are in place. A condition of release prohibiting anybody except Sanchez from being inside his residence is also in place.
