BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A man who used a fake online dating profile to locate and sexually assault a woman in her home was sentenced to prison time Wednesday, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said.
Judge Kristina Escalona, who presides over Bexar County’s 186th Criminal District Court, sentenced Sadaqat Abbasi, 34, to 35 years in prison for the burglary conviction and the maximum term of 20 years in prison for each of the two sexual assault convictions.
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Abbasi’s two sexual assault sentences will run concurrently with his 35-year prison sentence for burglary.
According to a news release, a Bexar County jury found Abbasi guilty on April 10 of burglary and sexual assault.
In November 2023, the victim began communicating with Abbasi after viewing a fake dating profile he had created, the release said. Abbasi learned personal details about the victim, including her home address.
On the night of Nov. 19, 2023, Abbasi unlawfully entered her residence and forced his way into her bedroom, where he sexually assaulted her, the DA’s office said.
Several months later, investigators said the DNA database linked Abbasi to the case along with two other previously unsolved sexual assault investigations.
In March 2025, Texas Rangers arrested Abbasi in Comal County, where he faced multiple sexual assault allegations. The release said investigators uncovered assaults occurring in both Bexar and Travis counties between 2016 and 2023.
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