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Hux, a truck driver, bounced from jail in Texas, where he was indicted for sexually assaulting a woman at a Lubbock truck stop, to Louisiana, where he was accused of a similar crime, Chadwick said.
A 22-year-old Caddo Parish woman said Hux threatened her with a handgun and raped her in the cab of his semitrailer at a truck stop in May 2010, the local sheriff’s office said. He pleaded guilty to soliciting a prostitute, a less severe charge than the aggravated rape count he originally faced.
Amy Huckabee cited Hux’s solicitation of prostitutes online and “physical and mental abuse suffered by her and her children” as grounds for divorce in a court document last year.
But it was Hux who originally filed for divorce, said his attorney, Bob Depper.
The couple separated in 2010 after a decade of marriage. Their divorce was finalized last year, when Amy married Sandy Huckabee.
Hux’s criminal history dates to the 1990s, when he pleaded guilty to an assault charge after he shooting at a man’s truck in Union County. He also pleaded guilty to animal cruelty, theft of property and another charge stemming from the theft and killing of a pet turkey.
Hux didn’t receive any jail time in those cases but was sentenced to 24 months in a regional punishment facility for setting a towel on fire while he was being held in jail.
A man who answered the phone at a number listed for Hux and his father said, “There’s no comment to be made right now.”
Depper, who has represented Hux in several cases, said the family is struggling with the tragic news.
“Donnie certainly had his demons, but it is a sad day for all involved,” he said.