Man gets 45 years in prison in prostitution, sex assault case

A Boulder sex offender indicted by a grand jury and accused of using drugs and violence to force multiple women into prostitution and paying for sex with a 12- year- old girl was formally sentenced on Wednesday after previously entering into a plea agreement.

Randolph “Randy ” Clark, 39, pleaded guilty May 5 in Boulder District Court to two counts of first- degree assault, human trafficking and attempted sex assault on a child. As part of the plea agreement , at torneys agreed that Clark will serve 45 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Boulder District Judge Patrick Butler sentenced him to the agreed- on 45 years Thursday, af ter statements read by victims and their families.

The mother of one victim continued to object to the plea agreement, saying the length of the sentence was too short.

The original indictment included 30 charges, and Clark could have been facing up to 155 years to life in prison if found guilty on all counts at a trial.

Clark had been set for trial in June before he accepted the plea agreement.

The victim’s mother said her daughter lost some of her innocence and is spending her early adolescence dealing with the fallout of being groomed and then sexually assaulted. For herself, she said, she continues to experience anxiety and panic attacks, especially when her daughter is running late, along with the guilt of feeling that she failed her.

“All of these things are a life sentence for me,” she said. “He deserves nothing less than the life sentence he has inflicted on me and my daughter.”

According to prosecutors, Scott, through a combination of physical violence and threats along with exploiting their drug addictions, coerced women into commercial sex acts.

According to the indictment, he also had sex with a 12-year- old girl and videotaped the act and sent the video to other women. He also paid the girl for oral sex on other occasions.

Clark is a registered sex offender and has a lengthy criminal history, according to an affidavit.