Texas Music DJ Justin Frazell Accused of Rape by Teen
This story has been updated.
A long-time morning DJ at one of Texas music’s premier stations has been accused of rape by a teenage girl after she attended a New Year’s Eve party at his Fort Worth-area home. Justin Frazell was the award-winning weekday morning radio host of 95.9 The Ranch out of Fort Worth since 2009, and began working at the radio station in 2000. The Ranch has fired the DJ after the allegations. Co-host Heather Anderson will continue in her role at the morning show where she has been since 2019.
According to the arrest warrant from police in the suburb of Mansfield—just south and east of Fort Worth—Justin Frazell hosted a party at his Mansfield home on New Year’s Eve for his family and other friends. The teenage girl was there with her family, but decided to stay the night at the house where Frazell lives with his wife and two children. The alleged victim was a friend of one of Frazell’s daughters. The teens were allowed to drink at the party, and were hanging out together in one of the rooms of the house. The teenage girl then stayed overnight at the house after her parents and other guests had left about 2 a.m., FaceTiming with a friend in the bedroom.
Then according to Mansfield Detective S. Peacock’s warrant statement, Justin Frazell entered the bedroom, gave the teen a White Claw alcoholic drink, kissed her on her forehead, and told her, “This is between us. Don’t say I never do anything for you.” Eventually the teen fell asleep, but woke up with Frazell reportedly pulling her blanket back and performing sex acts on her without her consent. When another child in the house came to a nearby bathroom, Frazell stated he was checking on the teen, and eventually left the bedroom.
The teenage girl then began texting relatives to come get her at about 5 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Frazell went back to the bedroom, but the accuser told him to leave her alone. A relative eventually picked the teen up at the residence, and she told her parents about the incident, who called the police.
The victim then went to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth and a sexual assault exam was performed. Specimens were taken and sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office for analysis. According to the affidavit, investigators received lab reports back on March 18, 2021, that confirmed the presence of male DNA samples collected from the victim.
After conducting multiple interviews with witnesses and collecting the DNA evidence, police filed an arrest warrant for Frazell, who was booked into the Tarrant County Jail on 2nd-degree felony sexual assault charges on March 24th, and later released on bond.
95.9 The Ranch released a statement over the accusations, saying:
It is with great concern that we have learned of a serious legal matter involving Justin Frazell, who has been booked on sexual assault charges in Tarrant County, TX. While the matter is entirely unrelated to his work here at 95.9 The Ranch and does not involve any of our other colleagues, we nevertheless concluded that given the seriousness of the matter it was appropriate to suspend Justin immediately. We trust that our legal system will provide due process and produce a just result for all involved. In the meantime, we ask that they be given space and privacy during this difficult time.
Then on Monday (3-29), the radio station confirmed, “Based on additional information that has come to our attention, 95.9 The Ranch has terminated its relationship with Justin Frazell, effective immediately.”
Before The Ranch, Justin Frazell worked at 570 am KLIF in Dallas starting in 1996, and was a traffic reporter for country station 99.5 The Wolf in 1998. Frizzell has been regularly nominated and awarded by Texas radio organizations for his work at The Ranch, and has hosted and sponsored numerous charitable events at hospitals for premature babies after his two children were born premature.
March 30, 2021 @ 8:44 am
Put all the pedophiles and rapist under the jail!!
March 30, 2021 @ 12:19 pm
Putting them in GenPops would be punishment enough.
This is horrible, if true.
March 30, 2021 @ 8:49 am
This is sad on so many levels. Justin has always been kind to me and did so much for the industry. He was even the DJ at my wedding reception and called Stoney Larue to let us chat for a while after my wife and I danced to “Feet don’t touch the ground.”
My heart breaks for everyone involved.
Reminds me of a Randy Rogers lyric, “I’ve got these demons on my trail. I’m crazy and messed up but no one else can tell.”
March 30, 2021 @ 9:14 am
If you don’t really know about The Ranch in Fort Worth or never heard of this guy, it might be hard to quantify just how significant this news is. Along with KOKE in Austin, The Ranch is THE radio station in Texas country music, and this guy played a major role making that radio station what it is, and launching the careers of numerous artists. I never met the guy personally, but I can only imagine the shock everyone in that community is feeling at the moment.
March 30, 2021 @ 9:20 am
Too bad that people in positions of power in music can be predatory too.
March 30, 2021 @ 10:16 am
Yup. He has looong been a champion of Texas country, going all the way back to his days at 99.5 the Wolf in the late ‘90s, as what I’ve heard called Texas Music 2.0 was getting off the ground.
March 30, 2021 @ 2:43 pm
Did Justin have a mid-life moment?
Was your passing pleasure of sin worth it Justin? Looks like you are going to lose everything for a bit of illegal sex. Did you really think you were going to get away with it?
April 1, 2021 @ 8:32 am
BLESSINGS to the BRAVERY of the YOUNG LADY victim. She reached out to her family and was evaluated immediately for DNA. What a VICTORY to have “undisputed” evidence against the disgusting pervert who is a poor excuse for a so-called man. Shame on him!!! He could possibly be a Serial Rapist and no one would suspect because he was hiding behind his very public work. His wife should consider having her children medically evaluated by professionals also. His daughter had been drinking as well that evening, had a headache and went into to her “parents” room to sleep? There could be more to this story than what is already known to the public. Many victims of abuse are in shock and shame of these horrible acts against them. They remain silent, live years of dark emotional pain and too often become addicts, commit suicide, etc…Highly praise the Victorious victim and her Strength of Courage! May she use that God given Force of True Bravery to reach out to other victims on a positive platform and help others come forward. Hopefully his daughter has not been brain washed and will stand right by her friend to accomplish this! One less criminal has been “outed” and hopefully will receive due punishment. To the Grandma who answered her call and the parents who raised her to speak up, and most importantly to the young lady, The world is a better place because of your BRAVERY! Stay safe and strong.
March 30, 2021 @ 9:57 am
There is so much messed up about this situation. What kind of adult party allows kids to have alcoholic drinks? What kind of wife doesn’t realize her husband is out of bed long enough to rape somebody? And why did it take almost 4 months to finally arrest him? Just a sad situation all around.
March 30, 2021 @ 10:10 am
I agree! But I’m assuming that it took this long to issue an arrest warrent due to the backlog in rape test kits. She was taken to a local hospital for this to be done. My biggest question is why is it that he was released minutes after being booked into jail??
March 30, 2021 @ 10:15 am
I’m assuming he posted bail…I don’t think there should be bail in murder & rape cases, but that’s a different conversation altogether.
March 30, 2021 @ 11:06 am
i think someone who is accused of something is entitled to bail DID he do this? then public execution. but i don’t endorse denying bail based on the crime. If murder or rape can be proven, iron clad video, no doubt about it this was done, i think they should be capital crimes and public executions. painless, like turning off a light switch and fast, but public.
March 30, 2021 @ 12:35 pm
A wife who is asleep and not in charge of policing her husbands actions or following him around the house.
It also wouldn’t shock me to learn that this isn’t the first time
March 31, 2021 @ 4:35 pm
No no we are NOT spouse blaming. This is 100% squarely on HIS shoulders.
March 30, 2021 @ 5:53 pm
The use of teenager is a little confusing here. Because the dude is charged with “sexual assault, a second-degree felony, according to an arrest warrant,” and nothing denoting it’s a minor, I think the teenager who suffered this is 18-19. Otherwise there would be more charges since it would have been a minor, IMO.
Also it’s not that uncommon for parents to allow teenagers to drink responsibly if a parent is present. Texas, like many states, specifically allows minors to drink with a parent present, and that’s why it’s relevant to the case.
March 30, 2021 @ 8:27 pm
Actually the age in Texas relevant to this is 17, so she could have been 17 to 19. I’d assume that the almost 3 month period it took to file charges/get the warrant was due to lab testing, particularly the DNA analysis.
March 31, 2021 @ 12:27 pm
Don’t put this in his wife.
March 31, 2021 @ 1:17 pm
Point out where I did.
April 1, 2021 @ 3:01 am
Right where you said “what kind of wife …”
What exactly were you going for there? Because you weren’t pointing out that she’s a heavy sleeper.
April 2, 2021 @ 11:12 pm
Ya’ll this is an allegation. I’m not saying it’s not true but why in the hell does everyone automatically assume guilt upon arrest. Innocent until
Proven guilty my ass
March 30, 2021 @ 10:06 am
To do something like that at all is atrocious and awful; but throw in that this supposedly happened while his wife and kids are home; and I’m speechless.
I’m not a Texan or even that much of a fan of the TX music scene so have never heard of this guy; but it reminds me of a former radio show producer/member in South FL of a hugely popular radio show whom got in trouble with an underage person. I was devastated when that happened since my friends and I were fans of that show. I just don’t get why people do stuff like this. Why ruin the victim’s life, your life, your family’s life, and let down your local community for something like this?
March 30, 2021 @ 12:25 pm
As for ‘why’, most likely he was drunk and not thinking straight.
Not in any way justifying this, just pointing out that it was just another major drunk life mistake.
From the story, he doesn’t seem to have planned anything, just screwed up majorly and unfortunately hurt many people on the way.
I love alcohol, but i think people need to be more aware of the dangers. Including of the dangers of being around drunk people.
March 30, 2021 @ 12:56 pm
A “drunk life mistake” is sleeping through a job interview because you threw back a few too many the night before, not committing sexual assault.
The kid should’ve been able to go to sleep at a friend’s house without worrying about being assaulted. Don’t put this on her.
March 30, 2021 @ 2:00 pm
I’m not putting it on the girl. She is entirely the unfortunate victim.
I’m putting it on a society that keeps telling me that people ‘should’ be safe everywhere.
Short answer: there are a lot of unsafe places.
As for drunk life mistakes, it doesn’t take much to see drunk people getting behind the wheel and killing themselves or others, people getting pregnant/stis, cheating and breaking up homes, people getting in fights and permanently injured, or permanently injuring someone else. Lots worse than falling asleep.
Songs like Six years come September, I don’t fight anymore.
Normal/nice people do bad things when drunk. This isn’t going to change no matter how woke a person is. Children are never safe at an adult party, and the adults aren’t either.
Again, the girl is entirely the victim, and the guy is totally the bad guy.
But if we just point fingers and don’t change anything, it will keep happening.
March 30, 2021 @ 3:38 pm
“A drunk mind speaks a sober heart.” If the thought of raping, or using the n-word, or driving drunk, or assaulting people in fights, etc. is reprehensible to you when you’re sober, you probably aren’t going to do those things drunk. I have been STUPID when drunk, but I wouldn’t say I’ve done bad things that would ruin someone else’s life-mostly just embarrassing myself by thinking that I can dance better than I can, or perhaps by being too honest.
March 31, 2021 @ 4:40 am
But when you’ve been drinking its just ‘driving’ not ‘drunk driving’
And its just ‘having sex with someone pretty who happens to be there’ not ‘rape’.
I would agree with you on the n word and violence.
As a note, I haven’t done anything bad to anyone else when intoxicated, although I could have killed myself a few times.
My opinion comes from knowing people who were convicted of bad things, and knowing that if they never got into that situation in the first place, everyone would still be happy. I suppose its just a ‘there but for the grace of God’.
I mean, if circumstances we ever so slightly different, 2 people would be a lot better off. I feel sad for both of them, even though I feel nothing but disgust for what he did.
March 31, 2021 @ 7:47 am
Nope. If you’re drinking and choose to drive, then you probably don’t find drunk driving to be that big a deal when sober. If you wouldn’t rape a teenager while she’s sleeping or saying no sober, you’re not going to do that while drunk. Drinking doesn’t change personalities, and I really encourage you to think of rape as an act of violence instead of sex. The problem isn’t the alcohol, it’s the people drinking it.
March 31, 2021 @ 1:50 pm
Some people are more prone to being empolsive then others. Some of them no well right from wrong and as long as they are sober are able consistently control their bad urges, but they still have a certian evil voice within them that lies to them and says ” just this once, it will be OKAY, you will get away with it it’s no big deal” but it actually IS a big deal and is very much NOT okay-!!! If one is such a person, one has an obligation to not drink or do drugs or anything else that would make them more impulsive or have poor judgement. If already addicted, they need to refrain from risky social situations untill they have gotten the help they need to heal from their addiction.
March 31, 2021 @ 2:33 pm
I meant impulsive. Sorry for the spelling. Another thing is just consent. I just would never consider having sex with anyone who wasn’t completely awake and able to fully and clearly consent, even if I was drunk (and I don’t drink knowing I might do other bad things if I did). Some men seem to just not get this or even disagree! Ugh. Unfortunately, sometimes those are men in power which you would think would know better but a sense of false entitlement can be a very powerful drug indeed. Makes me sick.
March 30, 2021 @ 11:46 am
It is truly remarkable that in this modern era the presumption of innocence has all but been tossed out.
March 30, 2021 @ 12:08 pm
Did you not read the article? At 1st he was only suspended and after more evidence was presented they terminated him.
Anyway you look at it it’s looking like your boy is a rapist
March 30, 2021 @ 2:48 pm
I would have had to read it to comment.!
Never heard of him or the station dimwit!
And a suspension and or termination always equal guilt…smh.
You youngsters are gonna have a awesome future.
March 30, 2021 @ 2:51 pm
Your father is innocent till proven guilty but you sound like you know the drill..pun intended.
March 30, 2021 @ 12:33 pm
Justin Frazell is a free man at the moment as he awaits trial. The local prosecutors spent nearly four months investigating this incident before filing charges. Either Frazell will reach a plea deal with prosecutors, or the case will go to trial where a jury of his peers will decide whether he’s innocent or guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This is not a situation where another adult has accused someone of sexual harassment or something. There is DNA evidence and witnesses. In the current environment, it would have been impossible for The Ranch to keep this guy employed. If he’s found innocent, Justin will have the right to pursue civil damages against the accuser, and should be allowed to re-enter society.
March 31, 2021 @ 6:23 am
In what way is he not getting the constitutional presumption of innocence?
I assume you aren’t claiming it binds his employer, because that would be ridiculous.
March 31, 2021 @ 2:26 pm
Indeed! This is truly sad. Some people, however, well know right from wrong but they have significant internal demon’s that they are well aware of but have under control, -except when drunk, high, or overly entitled. These people have an obligation to not drink or do drugs, to seek all the help they can if already addicted, and to refrain from any social situations that may significantly reduce their inhibition! They have to be self vigilant and not develope a sense of undeserved entitlement. This is an area where knowing the love of Christ truly helps! I am one such person and that voice is much less frequent now but I know it can always come back at any time and I must remain aware of this and act accordingly. So I simply don’t do substance’s and otherwise am diliberatly contentious of others around me and if myself. I don’t doubt the need for me to remain vigilant of myself and of others around me.
Self awareness is what it takes. Some people with good hearts can indeed do truly bad things when drunk. But that is NO excuse at all. Drinking is a privilege that not everyone can afford. If you cannot afford it without putting others at risk, then one hass a great obligation not to indulge the booze at all, to just stay away from all potentially risky situations untill one is no longer a danger to others, and to always be self aware enough to know this.
Some of us have our demon’s that might enable us to do terrable thinks when drunk. So we don’t drink or we refrain from parties etc when drunk and maintain self awareness and concern for others consistently! Just as you don’t try to fly a plain without proper knowledge or the ability to fully operate the plain’s controls and then expect others to forgive you when it crashes just because the crash wasn’t on purpose (you would be very much still fully responsible for your criminally reckless act!), so too we must be self aware and not drink or do anything else that would put others at undo risk from our own evil internal voice. If we ignore this there is no excuse! Clearly if these allegations are true then Justin Frazell is either just another entitled feeling predator, or else he didn’t follow the above protocol at all!
March 31, 2021 @ 2:47 pm
I meant to write that I try to be conscientious around others, not contentious. I didn’t notice the auto correct had changed it before it was too late! Wish comments could be edited here.
March 30, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
If found guilty, he should be executed. Tell me if you were the girls father you wouldn’t do it yourself.
March 30, 2021 @ 2:29 pm
Without compunction!
March 30, 2021 @ 2:59 pm
Should have heeded this warning from a good old country song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oew2KY_X-e4
March 30, 2021 @ 8:12 pm
As someone who knows Justin (well I thought I did)
and has listened to him for 20 years on the radio, this is horrible to hear. Most of all the songwriters and big name performers from down here (Cody Jinks, Whiskey Myers, Randy Rogers, Cody Johnson, Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Cody Canada, just to name a few) revere and respect and do anything for him such as his annual charity shows and his weekly radio shows. This has blindsided the TX Red Dirt music scene. He would have been the last person anyone would think could do something this heinous.
He was known to be a super nice, godly, and wholesome family man and has helped raise 2 million for a local childrens hospital. On the radio daily in the DFW metroplex for the past 20 years, he was like a fun loving brother or uncle to many people.
here was an article about him that shows how big an impact he has had.
https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/radio-host-justin-frazell-recruits-country-giants-for-a-series-of-live-intimate-chats-11874357
That said, DNA don’t lie and it looks like he has made a horrible, life altering decision that will haunt him and his family and that young girl forever. He deserves to go to jail for a long time if the allegation is true.
It is a sad day in Texas music history.
March 31, 2021 @ 8:09 am
The older I get, the more of these type of cases I see, I have come to the realization that the pedo’s and sicko’s of the world are almost always the ones we assume to be the best of us. They are the one’s who claim to be the most Godly, the most conservative, the best family men, the hardest workers. When I was young, i was always taught the sicko’s were hiding in the shadow liberal freaks. But turns out the worst of society is hiding right in front of us, cloaked in white conservative Christian clothes. People beware, be more vigilant! Don’t just trust your kids are safe because they are with the “good neighbor”. We must keep a closer eye on them. I know I am!
March 31, 2021 @ 8:17 am
I really don’t see this as a political thing. Sure when you look at the Catholic church some other high-profile examples, you can come to some stereotypical conclusions. But look at Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. They both specifically ingratiated themselves within liberal circles to hide their proclivities. Also, I’m not really sure if Justin Frazell was outspoken politically. Maybe he was, but I never saw any major evidence for that.
March 31, 2021 @ 2:34 pm
As I mentioned in another post, I never talked about his politics. I don’t know what they are, nor do I care. I mentioned conservative only in a philosophical context only. Jeffrey Epstein was definitely a sicko, and he moved in both Republican and Democrat circles and President Trump and President Clinton both had affiliations with him. But that was not my point. My point is, so many what we would assume are “good people” they are supposedly church going conservative (small c) family men, pillars in our community; end up being sicko’s. And that should worry all of us with children. I say this just so we be extra vigilant as parents. We shouldn’t automatically trust our children will be safe at the “good guys” house!
March 31, 2021 @ 8:27 am
You mean like the rates at which public school teachers abuse children? Astronomically higher than priests or Boy Scout leaders, etc.
March 31, 2021 @ 8:53 am
“But turns out the worst of society is hiding right in front of us, cloaked in white conservative Christian clothes.”
Pedophilia and sexual crimes run the gamut of social strata.
It is most assuredly not associated with one race, political, or cultural group.
March 31, 2021 @ 10:37 am
Not that this is good. It really horrible but there are a lot of worse things in society than this. You’re agenda is a bad thing and people that try to politicize everything are bad for society as well. Don’t pretend to yourself that people can’t see through what you are doing. This had nothing to do with politics or religion. Just a bad person doing bad things.
March 31, 2021 @ 2:22 pm
I’m not trying to politicize anything. I didn’t mention his politics, I don’t know his politics and they are not relevant to this. I mentioned conservative as in he was known to be a conservatives Christian. I did not say conservative republican or democrat, as there are conservatives in both parties. I only bring up a striking point, that so many of these pedophiles are conservative(small c philosophical) Christians. I certainly used to think the best of us where the strongest most devout people, but I have learned that is not always the case and we should be vigilant with our children, even when we think someone is a devout conservative Christian. There is no way to know what truly is inside someone.
April 2, 2021 @ 5:35 am
Sorry but I don’t think you are being honest and you are simply trying to push an agenda that is very easy for some of us to see. You brought politics into the conversation just like many folks do when the subject or conversation has ZERO to do with it. That’s called an agenda. It had nothing to do with country music. Yes this dude is involved with country music but country music didn’t make him be a pos.
April 2, 2021 @ 5:26 am
Liberal Hollywood, Disney and popular entertainment still host the most perverts.
But yeah, they are everywhere and they are all scum.
April 2, 2021 @ 8:36 am
It’s very much a thing that predators actively seek to be “The Nicest Guy” in their environs, so that people let their guards down.
In some spots, that means “Family Values” types. In others, it means being, like, the most feminist guy EVER.
May 28, 2021 @ 8:28 am
LIFE TIMES DESTROYED BY A MOMENT IN TIME OF IRRATONAL IMPULSE. Yes it is an allegation, however police do not show up at your house randomly just to arrest someone. As one visits a prison, all occupants are innocent and have found Jesus. Justin shame on you, how do you dare to harm our children who we are doing everything we can to protect our children from all harm. If you are found guilty of such a horrible act then you deserve to lose everything decent in your life. You made the choices and deserve the consequences of those actions. As a former Marine, you have become an enemy and deserve what the scum of the earth deserves. You have been erased Thank God from Texas Red Dirt Road Country and in a little while you will be forgotten. Don’t worry you will have plenty of company for where you are headed.