A Fort Worth man charged with torturing his ex-girlfriend was accused of a similar crime a year ago in Forest Hill, according to police and court records.

Robert Drew Stephenson, 43, is in jail facing charges that he brutally beat a Fort Worth woman while holding her hostage at his home for 19 days.

Mr. Stephenson was arrested last April on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a Forest Hill woman gave police a similar account.

Carla McCollum, a relative of the woman who said she was held captive in 2005, said she allowed Mr. Stephenson to move in with them because his Miller Avenue home was uninhabitable. "I'm the biggest softie," Ms. McCollum said.

In the latest case, Fort Worth police on Wednesday charged Mr. Stephenson with aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping and retaliation after the former girlfriend accused him of repeatedly beating her during the 19-day kidnapping.

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