A Butler county public defender on Thursday questioned the fairness of keeping his client behind bars on $150,000 bail after a woman accused his client online of sexually assaulting her.

After county Judge William Shaffer rejected 24-year-old Austin C. Miller's plea deal in April for a 2015 sexual assault case, a second woman accused Miller of sexually assaulting her at a party in 2016. Police contacted the accuser, resulting in Miller's arrest and subsequent detention on a $150,000 bail for charges of unlawful contact with a minor, indecent exposure, corruption of minors and indecent assault.

During Thursday's hearing for the new charges, public defender Joseph Smith asked Shaffer “for a more reasonable bond,” but Shaffer ultimately rejected the request.

“To incarcerate him on a ($150,000) bond over a comment broadcast to the world, I think the court needs to look at the big picture,” Smith said. “It's completely unreasonable. And now he has to fight this case while incarcerated.”

Members of the victim's family listened as Smith said that Miller's funds were completely spent in the previous case when he paid to be released on a $150,000 bond.

Smith also argued that pretrial supervision would be better suited for Miller since he had a job and proved in the last case that he wouldn't flee by attending all his court appearances.

Mark Lope, the assistant district attorney who is prosecuting both of Miller's cases, countered that the alleged sexual assault took place while Miller was out on bond in the previous case.

But Smith said Miller maintains his innocence and that an online allegation shouldn't be enough to keep someone behind bars on such a large amount.

According to police documents, the latest charges stem from an alleged sexual assault during a Halloween party in 2016, only months after Miller was released on bail for the original case.

In Miller's first case, he is accused of raping a 14- and 15-year-old in January 2016.

Altogether, he is facing 10 felonies — including multiple counts of rape — and eight misdemeanors related to the incident.