Sexual Assault allegations involve a complaining witness alleging that another person has engaged in a sexual act with them, and the sexual act was not consensual. These sexual acts include the touching of a complaining witness's sexual organ, anus, or breast. 

Sexual Assault allegations may involve the use of violence, or threat of violence against the complaining witness or another person. The lack of consent includes situations where a complaining witness is developmentally disabled, or a complaining witness is unconscious.

Sexual Assault may involve circumstances where the Defendant is in a position of power to the complaining witness, such as a law enforcement officer or other public official or a mental health service provider.

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of how a person can meet the legal definition of committing a sexual assault, but designed to describe general examples.

The law does NOT require there to be full penetration of a sexual organ or anus to constitute sexual assault. Sexual assault can also involve the use of the mouth of the actor or the complaining witness to contact the sexual organ, anus, or breast of another.

Aggravated Sexual Assault allegations are what most people think of when they say "forcible rape."

Aggravated Sexual Assault allegations involve sexual assault as stated above, but also involve serious bodily injury of the complaining witness or another, the use or threat of use of a weapon, or a child under 14 years of age, 

Under certain circumstances, if the victim is under 14 years of age, or in any circumstances if the victim us under 10 years of age, the minimum sentence is 25 years.

Continuous Sexual Abuse of a child occurs when, over a period of more than 30 days, a person sexually assaults a child younger than 14 years of age.

Touching of the breast are specifically excluded from this particular crime.

The minimum punishment for this offense is 25 years in TDCJ and a person convicted of this offense is NOT eligible for parole.