The suspect in a series of sexual assaults in the Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas will comply with a court order and submit to testing for sexually transmitted diseases, according to his attorney.
Dallas police arrested Cesar Benitez, a Mexican national also known as Pino Porcayo, in early April. According to investigators, a DNA sample taken from Benitez matches samples taken from three rape victims in attacks between late February through mid-March.
A Dallas County grand jury indicted Benitez in the three assaults in June.
The court order requesting the STD testing was issued this week and was initiated by a petition from one of the victims, according to court documents. The testing will include a screening for HIV and AIDS.
John Key, a Dallas attorney who represents Benitez, told NBC 5 that his client would agree to the testing but, in doing so, does not admit to any wrongdoing.
A trial date for Benitez has not yet been set.
