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BRIEF: Butte man denies nursing home rape
Montana Standard (Butte) - 12/19/2014
Dec. 19--A 54-year-old Butte man Thursday denied allegations he raped a woman at a local nursing home.
Police say a staff member witnessed Jeffery Alan Gourette sexually assault another patient at the Crest Nursing Home on Oct. 25.
Gourette pleaded not guilty to felony charges of sexual intercourse without consent and sexual assault.
The staff member caught Gourette in the act during a routine room check and called authorities, police said. Gourette had been at the nursing home, 3131 Amherst Ave., for physical therapy.
Police released few details about the alleged victim, other than to say she was 58.
After entering his pleas, Garoutte was remanded back to in jail, where he is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond.
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