A former University of Missouri student pleaded guilty Friday to multiple domestic assault charges before he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Maxwell Warren, 19, of Overland Park, Kansas, was barred from campus after he was accused last fall of choking a woman in a university residential hall who refused his sexual advances and blocked him on Snapchat.
Under the plea deal he agreed to Friday, Warren was sentenced to two consecutive five-year prison terms on felony convictions.
He also received a concurrent 90-day jail sentence, with credit for time served, for a misdemeanor domestic assault charge. That stemmed from an incident last fall when he pushed another woman to the ground in a campus parking lot.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Yao Li told the court that both victims agreed to the plea deal.
As part of his sentence, Warren may successfully complete a treatment program without any disciplinary violations and be released on probation after serving 120 days. If he fails to complete the program or commits conduct violations, the court could require him to serve the remainder of his 10-year sentence.
If he goes on probation, Warren must have no contact with the two victims and cannot be present at their residences, schools or places of employment. He must also participate in a treatment program that addresses his mental health and substance abuse issues under the supervision of probation officials.
During the sentencing hearing Friday, Warren admitted under oath that he was guilty of assaulting both victims. When he was arrested in November 2025, he was originally charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree domestic assault, second-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree domestic assault.
The plea agreement dismissed the burglary charge and reduced the first-degree domestic assault charge to second-degree domestic assault before sentencing.