SPRINGFIELD -- A Springfield woman is being held on $10,000 bail after allegedly raping her friend's 13-year-old daughter while staying at the woman's home.

Alyssa M. Orwat, 27, pleaded not guilty in Springfield District Court last week to indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and two counts of rape of a child by force.

Alyssa Orwat, 27, of Springfield

While staying as a guest at a friend's home in Springfield, Orwat sexually abused the woman's daughter at least twice earlier this year, according to the arrest report.

The daughter eventually told her mother, and Orwat moved out. The two women later exchanged text messages about the alleged assault and its impact on their friendship, according to court records.

"I'm sorry for ruining our friendship and bond; I know we ain't blood but I felt like family," Orwat wrote in one message.

"I'm deeply sorry. Nothing can take back what I did (and) how I may have scarred ur daughter," she said in another.

"It's OK don't worry. I'm mad right now but I feel I'll forgive u," the mother wrote in a later text.

"No don't forgive me," Orwat said. "I wish the worst ever for me in life."

"Actually that's not in me," the mother replied.

While discussing the sexual assaults with her mother, the girl said she felt responsible and expressed concern about Orwat's mental health, the report said.

In August, the mother gave a videotaped interview to Springfield police and turned over texts messages between her and Orwat, the report said.

"The text messages were ... added to the report as they support the child's allegations," officer Gezenia Sedergren wrote.

Judge William Boyle set bail at $10,000 by agreement of Assistant District Attorney Cary Szafranski and defense lawyer Erin Boylan, with the understanding that Orwat could request a lower figure later in the case.

The judge also ordered Orwat to stay away from the alleged victim if released.

A Holyoke native, Orwat is listed as a Springfield resident in court documents, but described as homeless in the arrest report.



Since 2007, she has been arraigned on more than 20 charges, including shoplifting, trespassing, assault and battery, resisting arrest and cocaine possession with intent to distribute. With the exception of a nine-month sentence in the cocaine case, most of Orwat's charges were dismissed or continued without a finding, court records show.

She is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on Oct. 6.