Menahga Man Charged With Sexual Assault of Otter Tail County Woman

Reilly Larry Dean Nagel, a 19-year-old from Menahga, faces criminal sexual conduct charges in Otter Tail County after prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a woman in her driveway in October 2025, leaving her bruised and bleeding.

The victim told investigators she had previously made consensual sexual videos with Nagel but that the October encounter was not consensual. She said she tried to say no and pull away, but Nagel overpowered her. After the assault, she told him he had caused her to bleed; prosecutors say Nagel responded with a joking comment about "how big he was." The victim also reported she believed she was being recorded during the assault after noticing a light during the encounter.

When Otter Tail County investigators later interviewed Nagel, he said he did not recognize the victim's name. When the incident was described to him, he said it "didn't ring a bell because he has 'f***ed plenty of girls in the driveway.'"

Nagel was booked into the Otter Tail County Detention Facility and made his first court appearance the morning following his arrest. No bond amount or trial date had been publicly listed as of Thursday. In Minnesota, criminal sexual conduct felony charges carry penalties ranging up to 30 years in prison depending on the degree filed, and a conviction triggers mandatory sex offender registration.

The case carries additional weight because of an active warrant in neighboring Todd County, issued in 2025, on allegations involving criminal sexual conduct and minors connected to child sexual abuse material. Active out-of-county warrants typically factor into bail and custodial decisions, and Otter Tail County prosecutors may need to coordinate with their counterparts in Todd County as both cases advance.

The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office is the law enforcement agency of record on the local investigation. Court filings are publicly accessible through Minnesota's online court records portal, where residents can track scheduled hearings, charging documents, and case dispositions as the proceedings develop.

As local prosecutors have consistently argued, prior consensual contact between two people does not constitute consent to future sexual acts. That legal principle is particularly relevant here, given the victim's history with Nagel. The case arrives just weeks before Otter Tail County hosts its third annual Sexual Assault Awareness Walk on April 26, organized in part around a striking state figure: 42 percent of Minnesota women will experience sexual violence in their lifetime.