Man awaiting trial for rape charged in second case
A man who is awaiting trial for allegedly raping a woman at knifepoint was charged again for allegedly raping a 75-year-old woman multiple times over three months.
Earl Walter Maust, 49, of Masontown allegedly moved in with the woman and became abusive to her, according to the affidavit of probable cause filed in his case.
She described a controlling and manipulative relationship to police, in which he would not allow her to leave the house alone, kept control of her keys and demanded she ask permission to take a shower.
“The victim related that she never consented to the sex, but never resisted because she was afraid what he would do to her,” Trooper Richard Sizer wrote in the affidavit.
She said she and Maust arrived at the house Tuesday and she cooked food. He then allegedly screamed at her, “Get upstairs, you whore,” and pushed her up the steps before screaming, “Get your (expletive) clothes off, you whore.”
The woman said he forced her onto the bed and made her perform a sex act on him, then raped her. She said he would put his arm and leg on top of her to prevent her from getting up after the alleged assaults.
She told police he woke her up in the middle of the night Wednesday, brought her coffee and a doughnut and said, “I need to have sex because my testicles hurt,” then raped her again.
The woman reported Maust to police Wednesday, saying “she couldn’t take the abuse any longer,” according to the affidavit.
She was examined by a nurse practitioner who reported she had bruises on her shin, knee and shoulder and scratches on her shoulder.
Maust is charged with two counts each of rape and simple assault and one count each of sexual assault and involuntary servitude by unlawful restraint.
He is lodged in Fayette County Prison in lieu of a $150,000 bond.
In April, Maust was charged for allegedly raping a 66-year-old woman while holding a switchblade to her throat after physically assaulting her with a liquor bottle at the Hopwood Hotel. Police said the woman had dark bruises on her body and face and was bleeding from her face and genitals.
That case was transferred to the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas in May.
In 1999, he was convicted for molesting a 14-year-old girl along with his half-brothers, Curtis Maust and Roy Duke.