Texas Mother, 44, Convicted of Molesting Her Son’s Buddy, 13, Will get Jail

• Natalie Sorrells, 46, was sentenced to 5 years in jail after a jury discovered her responsible of two counts of indecent sexual contact with a minor
• She allegedly molested her son’s 13-year-old buddy a number of occasions, together with at a celebration for her son and whereas driving the boy dwelling after a soccer recreation, in line with an arrest affidavit
• Jurors acquitted Sorrells on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a kid, which may have carried a minimal sentence of 25 years in jail

A youth ministry volunteer in Texas who smiled for her mugshot after being arrested for molesting her son’s then-13-year-old buddy is now a convict.

Natalie Sorrells, 46, was sentenced to 5 years in jail after jurors discovered her responsible on two counts of indecent sexual contact with a minor.

The sufferer within the case informed police that Sorrells molested him on a number of events, together with as soon as in her automobile after a soccer recreation.

She additionally molested the sufferer at a celebration he attended for her son, in line with a replica of an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

Sorrells volunteered with college students within the youth ministry at Lakepointe Church whereas additionally working as an actual property agent for Coldwell Banker Apex previous to her arrest.

The affidavit says that Sorrells started having sexual contact with the minor in April 2023.

That sexual contact continued for over a 12 months, till the sufferer’s mom found deleted textual content messages that Sorrells despatched to her son, in line with the affidavit.

The affidavit says that the sufferer resisted telling his mom about Sorrells’ habits at first.

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An investigation was launched, nonetheless, after the sufferer’s mom contacted legislation enforcement, and finally the sufferer informed each his mom and members of the Heath Division of Public Security that Sorrells had been molesting him for greater than a 12 months.

The Rockwall County Legal District Legal professional’s Workplace filed costs towards Sorrells in September 2024, however jail information present that she was not taken into custody by the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Workplace till February 2025.

Sorrells was launched after posting $100,000 bond, however is again in custody once more following her conviction as she waits for her jail project.

The choose sentenced Sorrells to 30 months for every rely, which she’s going to serve consecutively, in line with court docket information.

Jurors additionally acquitted Sorrells on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a kid.

If convicted on both of these counts, Sorrells may have confronted a minimum sentence of 25 years in jail as a result of the sufferer was beneath the age of 14 and he or she was accused of supplying the minor with alcohol, which might qualify beneath Texas penal code as a “substance able to impairing the sufferer’s potential to appraise the character of the act or to withstand the act.”

Regardless of her sentencing, a request for a protecting order was filed towards Sorrells by a person utilizing the pseudonym Arthur Stevens two days after her conviction.

A listening to on that order is scheduled for Might 22.

The church the place Sorrells volunteered additionally launched an announcement after her arrest, saying: “Whereas it’s our present understanding that no inappropriate exercise occurred on church premises, at any church occasion, and that the minor concerned was not beneath the direct management of the volunteer, out of an abundance of warning we instantly knowledgeable Lakepointe mother and father, restricted the volunteer from any entry to minors on the church and eliminated her from her volunteer place.”

A lawyer for Sorrells didn’t reply to a request for remark.

In the event you or somebody you already know has been a sufferer of sexual abuse, textual content “STRENGTH” to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741-741 to be related to an authorized disaster counselor.