Man accused of spiking pregnant girlfriend’s drink with abortion pill

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]accused of spiking a drink with a pill to end a pregnancy. Now, prosecutors say this could become a firstofits-kind case in Texas. Here's the simple version. A grand jury indicted John Deer in Montgomery County. Investigators say he ordered a pill online, crushed it up, and put it into his pregnant girlfriend's drink. Court records say she described it as bitter and fizzy, and that he insisted she finish it.

[00:00:22]Within hours, court records say she was at the hospital cramping and bleeding.

[00:00:26]She delivered at about 14 weeks and the baby didn't survive. Now to the legal angle. Demiter is charged with abortion and injury to a child. The district attorney says this stands out because Demiter is not a doctor and has no connection to the medical profession.

[00:00:39]Prosecutors are still using that abortion charge because they allege there was no medical reason for it and it was done without the woman's consent.

[00:00:46]What's next here is he's expected to be in court where a bond will likely be set. And the DA says the website where that pill came from is still under investigation with the Texas Attorney General's