TEXARKANA, Texas–Bail has been set at $500,000 for a woman facing charges
of aggravated sexual assault of a child in Bowie County for alleged sexual
misconduct with a 7-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.
Brandy Kay Attaway, 47, of Maud, Texas, was allegedly caring for the
children on multiple dates when she forced them to remove their pants so
she could perform sexual acts on them, according to a probable cause
affidavit.
Attaway was arrested Friday following an investigation by the Bowie County
Sheriff’s Office that began in late January.
Attaway allegedly threatened to kill herself and a family member of the
children if they did not allow her to sexually abuse them, the affidavit
said.
The abuse allegedly occurred in a car, in a living room and while the
children were sleeping, the affidavit said. The children reportedly told a
forensic interviewer that Attaway made them sit side by side on a couch
while she abused them in front of each other and at the same time,
according to the affidavit.
If found guilty, Attaway is facing five to 99 years or life in prison on
each of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
The Bowie County Public Defender’s Office is representing Attaway. The case
has been assigned to 202nd District Judge John Tidwell.