A Rhea County man held on a sexual battery conviction was released long before county officials and the mother of one of the victims believe he was due to be let out.
Robert Manuel Thurman was convicted in two separate but related cases in Rhea County Circuit Court stemming from incidents that happened Sept. 15-16, 2018, according to court records. In one case, Thurman was convicted by a jury, and in the other, he was convicted on a guilty plea.
Thurman is now back in custody, according to the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office. He turned himself in after being free for a couple of weeks.
But when it comes to how much jail time Thurman was supposed to have served or how much is still owed, it depends on who is asked.
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