Roy Estrada, The Musician, The Sex Offender
I have been a fan of The Mothers of Invention and Frank Zappa's music for way over ten years. I have loved Frank's music ever since I was a young teen, and have seen his son Dweezil play his music live. One thing that Zappa is known for is having a large discography, and an ever larger library of musicians that have worked with him.
One musician in particular has lead a not so pure life though; that man is Roy Estrada. One night while reading on wikipedia I came across his page article and was shocked to find that he sexually assaulted people, multiple times. It seemed like a dirty piece of history that was brushed away to me, and I had to find out more.
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| Estrada in the back, in the yellow. |
Roy Ralph Estrada was born on April 17th, 1943. Not much is known about his life before he became a musician, other than him being born in California.
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| Estrada on the left, in the yellow. |
Estrada is most known for having worked with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. He appears on Freak Out! through Weasels Ripped My Flesh, then Zoot Allures to FZ:OZ.
According to the Texas Sex Offender Registry, Estrada was convicted three times, in three different states.
The first time was in Colorado, for what is listed as sexual assault of a child. The disposition date is listed as October 27th, 1977. The Judgement for this offense is listed as 1DOTHER.
The second time was in December of 1994. The disposition date is 12/9/1994. Estrada was convicted of committing lewd acts with a child in Orange County, CA, and served six years in prison.
In January of 2012, Estrada plead guilty to sexual abuse of a female less than 14 years old. The offense happened in March of 2008.
Apparently, the victim's family was "unaware" that he was a convicted sex offender, despite the previous two sentences.
He went with a plea bargain agreement and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, without parole. Estrada was convicted on January 23rd, 2012 in Tarrant County, which is the Fort Worth area.
His release date is June 1st, 2036 of which if he makes it that long, he would be 93 years old. Currently, he is incarcerated in Pack I, or Pack facility in Navasota, Texas. Interestingly enough, he is allowed visitation.
My video on this post can be found here: Roy Estrada: The Musician, The Sex Offender
[SOURCES]
https://www.nme.com/news/music/frank-zappa-5-1278886
https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/offenderDetail.action?sid=04897800
https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/SexOffenderRegistry/Search/Rapsheet?Sid=04897800
http://www.beefheart.com/roy-estrada/
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