A man charged with sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl at a west Topeka day care is asking a judge to reduce his bond from $1 million to $75,000.

Kyle C. Scott, 35, of Topeka, is charged with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of rape of a child younger than 14 and lewd and lascivious behavior with a child, Shawnee County District Court records said. The four offenses occurred on August 21, 2019, court records said.

On Monday, Scott remained in Shawnee County jail in lieu of $1 million cash or professional surety bond, corrections department records said. Scott was bound over on the four felony charges following a preliminary hearing on December 30, 2019.

WIBW doesn't identify the victims of sex assaults.

Maban Wright, Scott's defense attorney, said in a two- page motion to reduce his bond that Scott doesn't have any criminal record.

Scott is a long-time Topeka resident, and his mother and extended family members also live in Topeka, and if Scott is released from jail, he would live with his mother, Wright said.

Before he was arrested, he worked at Target Distribution as an "industrial maintenance technician," the motion said.

The $1 million bond "greatly exceeds that necessary to protect the community or ensure Mr. Scott's appearance (in court). Despite the gravity of the allegations, known facts suggest a single instance of sexual misconduct by an otherwise law-abiding and non-violent defendant," Wright wrote.

Scott is the defendant in a divorce filed on December 9 in Shawnee County District Court, according to court records.

If released, Scott would seek employment and an attorney to represent his child-custody interests, Wright wrote.

Reducing Scott's bond "is reasonable," Wright wrote, adding Scott should report to bond supervision, maintain a no-contact order with any victim or witness, and wear a Global Positioning System monitor to track his whereabouts.

Wright asked Shawnee County District Court Judge David Debenham to set Scott's bond at $75,000 cash or professional surety.

The alleged assaults occurred on August 21 while Scott was watching the 3-year-old while his wife, who normally would have cared for the child, was undergoing training for a part-time job. The victim was the only youngster who was being watched at the day care when the alleged assaults occurred, according to testimony.

A great-aunt of the victim testified she had picked up the girl on August 21st at the day care when she asked the child how her day was.

"Kyle tickled me with his hands and his penis," the child told the great aunt, who asked the child to repeat what she just said. The child repeated exactly the same words, the great aunt testified.

The child also repeated the same phrases to her mother.

The victim's mother told Topeka police investigating the case that she had taught her daughter to use the proper terminology such as "vagina" and "penis".

During Scott's preliminary hearing, the judge viewed a one-hour video of the child being questioned by a forensic interviewer in which the child detailed the alleged assault.