A former American Idol contestant from Plano was sentenced to eight years of probation after accepting a plea deal Friday on a sexual assault charge out of Grapevine.
Ronald Kombo “Ron” Bultongez, then 25, turned himself in to police in 2021 after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in multiple Texas cities over the course of several months in 2020 and 2021. The age of consent in Texas is 17.
According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, the teen reported the sexual abuse months before Bultongez’s arrest and told authorities that on at least one occasion, Bultongez assaulted her after she told him no.
