Man Pleads Guilty In Federal Court To Assaulting Woman In Downtown Tulsa

A Tulsa man has pleaded guilty in federal court to assaulting a woman so severely that she had to get stitches.

According to prosecutors, Gaven Jones assaulted the woman in April after they went out drinking in downtown Tulsa. The victim suffered a cut above her eye that needed five stitches, as well as a swollen nose and bruising to both eyes.

The victim first told police Jones was responsible and told hospital nurses that she was scared of him, but a few weeks later Investigators say she told them that her injuries were self-inflicted.