LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville judge agreed to allow defense attorneys for E. Javier Loya, a minority owner of the NFL's Houston Texans, to copy cellphone information from women he is accused of sexually abusing during parties he held at his home in Louisville in May 2022.

Defense attorneys have implied that text messages between the women may show Loya was the victim of a scheme by the women.

Prosecutors for the Jefferson Commonwealth's Attorney's office argued all relevant text messages and materials from the phones of those involved have already been turned over and it would be a violation of their rights to provide copies of all phone messages.

Defense attorney Rob Eggert argued Tuesday that "what (prosecutors) have given is selective texts." Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Ann Bailey Smith cut him off, saying she had read the briefs and agreed.

She asked both sides to write briefs to the court on how to best copy all of the information from the phones while leaving out anything not related to the case.

Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Andrew Reinhardt told the judge this is a "monumental ruling" that would require victims of sexual assault "to turn over their entire lives to perpetrators of sexual abuse."

Eggert said the "the point is not privacy, it's to defend a man," adding that the information can be filed under seal.

Bailey Smith said the information gathered would be narrowly limited to discussions involving the case.

Defense attorneys have said police interviews of the women, which were given to them after the initial request for evidence from prosecutors, revealed details that they communicated with each other and their agent both during the parties and for some time after.

One of the group texts from the women read in court Tuesday from May 19, 2022, said "we better get huge money from this, that's all I have to say. It's the least they can freaking do. I want to take him down."

Eggert said another text said the women couldn't move forward with a civil lawsuit against Loya "unless we do everything with police first."

Loya, who has been a part-owner of the Texans since they joined the league as an expansion franchise in 2002, posted $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to be back in court on Dec. 6.

Court documents say Loya held two parties for male friends in his Louisville home in May 2022. At both, he hired female models from a local agency, who have accused him of sexual abuse. One woman accused him of rape. On May 15 of last year, according to prosecutors, Loya hosted a poker party at his Louisville home and hired several women from a local modeling agency to work the party.

One of the women claims he touched her and spoke to her in a sexual manner, grabbing her butt and breasts without her consent, according to court records.

On May 16, 2022, Loya held another party and again hired female models from the same agency, prosecutors allege. At that party, multiple women claim Loya touched them, kissed them and pulled their hair, among other allegations. One alleged victim said Loya reached his hand inside her underwear and penetrated her, according to prosecutors.

Loya was also accused of picking up another woman, throwing her over his shoulders and placing his hands in her underwear.

Along with a charge of first-degree rape, he is charged with five counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of third-degree sexual abuse.

Andrew Sarne, another of Loya's attorneys, previously said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle, that Loya has voluntarily taken and "100% passed a polygraph test that confirms his innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court."

Loya, a Houston businessman who is the co-founder of OTC Global Holdings, an independent commodity broker, graduated from Columbia University in 1991, where he also played football. He became the NFL's first Hispanic owner when he purchased a minority stake in the Texans.

In 2015, during a lawsuit against another company he founded, he was accused of being a high-stakes gambler. The NFL subsequently investigated Loya's activities, and his ownership stake in the Texas was allowed to continue.

Loya pleaded not guilty and been ordered to have no contact with the alleged victims.

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