The opera star David Daniels, one of the world’s leading countertenors, pleaded guilty on Friday in Houston to sexually assaulting a young singer who had attended one of his performances there in 2010.
The plea deal was announced just as the trial of Mr. Daniels, 57, and his husband, Scott Walters, 40, was about to begin.
Mr. Daniels pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault of an adult, a second-degree felony.
He avoided a more serious charge of aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree felony, which carries harsher penalties.
Mr. Walters, who was facing the same charges, pleaded guilty under similar terms.
Persons:
David Daniels, Daniels, Scott Walters, Samuel Schultz, . Walters, Matt Hennessy, Walters, Judge Reagan Clark
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Houston, Georgia, Harris County