(Mandan, ND) — A judge has rejected a proposed plea deal for a man who’s accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her Mandan home last year. Police arrested 46-year-old Varion Hetle in connection with the crime, and he faces one felony count of gross sexual imposition. Under the plea deal, he would have faced a misdemeanor sexual assault charge and a year in prison. Now that the deal has been rejected, Hetle faces up to life in prison. His trial begins tomorrow.