Dallas Developer Faces Accusers in Sexual Assault Jury Trial

Dallas developer Bill Hutchinson was in court Thursday for the beginning of a jury trial in a lawsuit where three anonymous plaintiffs claim that he sexually assaulted them and that Virgin Hotel Dallas, of which he used to be a minority owner, was negligent and aware of his behavior toward young women but failed to act.

The Dallas jury trial isn’t the first time Hutchinson has been to court as a defendant in a sexual assault case. In 2024, he was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to register as a sex offender by a California judge after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor sexual battery charge stemming from a 2021 assault of a minor.