SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTAL/KMSS) — A Shreveport man previously convicted of first degree rape of a prepubescent girl into her teen years was sentenced to life in prison April 30, 2025.
Donovan e. Phillips, 42, is charged with first-degree rape in connection with the sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. (photo: caddo parish sheriff’s office)
Donovan Phillips, 46, must serve a life sentence “without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.” He must also register as a sex offender for life.
Phillips was convicted on April 9 in District Judge Chris Victory’s court. The victim says the abuse started when she was 7. It continued until she was 12. The abuse ended in May 2020, the victim informed her mother that September, and Donovan was charged in January 2021.