District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 6, 2025, Judge Alan Black sentenced 63-year-old Oscar Alfred Paysse III to 40 years in prison without parole after he was convicted of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl. In June, a St. Tammany Parish jury found Paysse guilty of sexual battery at the conclusion of his three-day trial. Assistant District Attorneys Tiffany Dover and Luke Lancaster prosecuted the case. Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Detective Nicholas Fishel, now with Louisiana State Police, led the investigation.
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According to testimony from the trial, a teenage girl disclosed to her mother that a man who had lived near them sexually assaulted her years earlier. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office was notified and an investigation was initiated. During an interview at the Children’s Advocacy Center’s Hope House in Covington, the victim told forensic interviewer Heather Denenea that when she was about 8 years old, she was playing alone in her front yard when Paysse approached her. The victim said Paysse and his family lived in her Mandeville neighborhood and Paysse’s daughter had occasionally babysat the victim. Paysse greeted the young girl and engaged her in conversation. Paysse told her he had something in his house he wanted to show her and coaxed her to accompany him back to his house. Once they entered his house, he escorted her to his bedroom and shut the door. He then removed all the victim’s clothing with the exception of her shirt and partially undressed himself. Paysse proceeded to sexually assault the young girl on his bed.
During the intervening years between the sexual assault and the victim’s disclosure of the abuse, Paysse moved to Kenner, Louisiana. Following the issuance of an arrest warrant for Paysse, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office located and arrested him. Paysse was transferred to the St. Tammany Parish Jail and remained in custody there while awaiting trial.
The victim’s mother attended Paysse’s sentencing hearing and addressed Paysse and the court. The mother described the emotional trauma Paysse caused her daughter but said her daughter is resilient and will continue to thrive in life.
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