BOISE, Idaho — A Boise man accused of raping a 14-year-old and inappropriately touching a 13-year-old denied the charges at his arraignment Wednesday morning.
Corey Demetrious Wright, 48, is charged with four counts of lewd conduct with a child, two counts of sexual abuse of a minor, and two counts of aggravated assault. Court filings indicate all the assaults happened between May 4 and May 26.
According to prosecutors, Wright had moved in with the victims' mother May 4. The first night he was there, the prosecutor said, he sexually assaulted the 14-year-old victim.
The next day, prosecutors say, Wright choked the same girl unconscious and raped her. The teen reported that she regained consciousness to find the suspect having sex with her, according to the prosecutor.
Wright also held a knife to the 14-year-old's throat on May 25, according to an indictment filed in the case.
The suspect is accused of groping and sexually touching the 13-year-old girl over the same three-week period.
At Wright's initial arraignment May 28, Judge Theresa Gardunia set bond at $1 million at the urging of prosecutors. He was also ordered to have no contact with the 13-year-old and 14-year-old.
Wright's public defender filed a motion arguing for his bond to be reduced because the suspect is indigent and had no way to pay such a high amount. The defendant told the judge he had only been working for a short time before his arrest.
"I'm freshly back into society, so I did have a job, but I had only been there a couple days," Wright told Gardunia at his initial arraignment.
Idaho Department of Correction spokesman Jeff Ray said that Wright is currently on parole from a 2015 conviction in Arizona for being a felon in possession of a weapon. Idaho took over monitoring Wright as part of the Interstate Compact when he moved to Idaho in early May, Ray said.
Court records from Maricopa County, Arizona show that Wright spent time in prison on the weapons charge, but do not indicate when he was released on parole.
Prosecutors say Wright also has a conviction from 2014 for conspiracy to commit robbery.
A trial in the sexual assault case is set for September. If convicted, Wright could face up to life in prison.
