Orange City, Iowa — A Boyden man was sentenced in Sioux County District Court for Assault with Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse, according to Sioux County Attorney Thomas Kunstle.
According to a press release from Kunstle’s office, 30-year-old Damian Lynn Schouten pled guilty in District Court to two counts of Assault with Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse. Schouten was sentenced to an indeterminate 4-year prison term, to begin on May 16, 2022, wherein he must complete a Department of Corrections sex offender treatment program. After his release, Schouten must register as a sex offender for life, will be subject to a 10-year special sentence as if on parole, and shall have no contact with either of his victims.
The case arose on June 4, 2021, when a female reported to police in South Dakota, that she had previously been married to Schouten. During that relationship, she said she was sexually assaulted by her husband in 2015, but never reported the incident because Schouten told her she wouldn’t be believed, she’d never see the children, and because they were married she couldn’t be raped. After Schouten again sexually assaulted her in 2018, she left the marriage. On June 8, 2021, another female reported to police in Iowa that she also had a previous romantic relationship with Schouten, during which Schouten sexually assaulted her on several occasions, according to Kunstle.
Photo courtesy Sioux County Attorney’s Office
