(WWJ) – A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a highly intoxicated woman following a party in his dorm on the campus of Western Michigan University campus more than a decade ago.
Adam Williams of Jackson has had his bond revoked and is being held in the Kalamazoo County Jail after pleading guilty earlier this week to the 2010 assault, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday.
The case was investigated by the Kalamazoo County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), which was established to investigate sexual assault cold cases, in partnership with the AG’s office.
Officials say at a party Williams, now 35, hosted at his WMU dorm in 2010 he gave alcohol to the then-20-year-old woman and she “became highly intoxicated and physically ill.”
Once all other guests had left the party, the woman remained in the bathroom connected to Williams’ dorm room. At that time she was “intoxicated to a state of physical helplessness,” according to Nessel’s office.
Williams found her in a semi-undressed state in the bathroom seated on the toilet and, while she remained physically helpless, committed several acts of penetrative assault upon her, officials said.
In accepting his plea, Williams admitted that he knew the victim was helpless due to intoxication and was unable to communicate consent. He also admitted to penetrating the victim multiple ways in the bathroom, according to the AG’s office.
His plea deal includes a minimum sentence agreement of five years in prison.
Authorities say the assault left the victim with vaginal injuries and serious mental anguish that negatively impacted her life for the last 13 years.
“I’ve waited over 13 years for this moment. Having a whole team of people believe you and fight for the justice you deserve, it brings so much healing. This gave me the chance to stand up for myself and take back my voice,” the victim said in a statement released by the AG’s office.
Williams is set to be sentenced on Nov. 20 in the 9th Circuit Court in Kalamazoo County.
“The Kalamazoo County SAKI team remains committed to holding predators accountable for sexual violence, and I’m grateful for their work and the healing it provides to the victims of cold case assaults,” Nessel said, per a press release.
“Our State’s talented SAKI investigators and prosecutors continue to show victims, especially those long-suffering in silence, that there is a victim-centered and trauma-informed pathway to justice.”
The SAKI Team is in the process of investigating more than 200 cold-case sexual assaults that occurred in Kalamazoo County between 1976 and 2015.