Virginia Man Faces Charges for Allegedly Assaulting 8-Year-Old and Attempting to Bribe Mother with House

Cameron Scott Jared Mayo, accused of the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl, has allegedly attempted to bribe the girl’s mother with the offer of a house in exchange for her dropping the charges, as reported by a Virginia prosecutor.

According to an indictment acquired by Fox News Digital, Mayo, who was already confronting 10 charges, including forcible sodomy, was additionally charged with bribery in February by a grand jury.

The indictment claims that Mayo sent text messages to Christine Houff, the victim’s mother, with whom he resides, urging her to assist in dismissing the charges.

During a court session, Albemarle Circuit Court prosecutor Lawton Tufts presented the text messages that Mayo allegedly sent to Houff.

Mayo is currently facing 10 charges related to sodomy and sexual abuse of a minor, along with one count of attempting bribery. He is being held at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.

“If yall are willing to stop all this, you can have 100%,” Mayo allegedly wrote.

Mayo and Houff share a Virginia home that the mother was willing to sell and split the proceeds from, Tufts argued Wednesday during Mayo’s pretrial hearing, The Daily Progress reported.

An outside view of the Albermarle County Circuit Courthouse where Cameron Scott Jared Mayo is being tried. (Google Maps)

“You have the power to stop this, if you wanted to,” Mayo continued in the texts.

“The case doesn’t exist without your cooperation,” Mayo allegedly added, according to the prosecutor.

“He’s essentially saying you can have the house if you make the case go away,” Tufts said in the hearing.

The Albermarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, where 31-year-old Cameron Scott Jared Mayo is being held without bail after being indicted on sodomy charges (Google Maps)

Mayo was originally charged with the sodomy counts in December 2023.

A separate grand jury indictment obtained by Fox News Digital alleged that he repeatedly sodomized the young girl between June 2022 and June 2023. During that time, she was between the ages of 8 and 9 and he was between the ages of 27 and 28.

Mayo, who is being held without bond at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, will have a four-day jury trial in October.

Mayo could face life in prison if convicted on the sodomy charges.

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