SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KETK) -- A Tyler couple was arrested after the man admitted to sexually abusing a girl, while the woman failed to report the abuse for over a year.

Smith County deputies responded to a home in Tyler on Aug. 3, where a verbal dispute was happening between Tiara Leshai Kelly and her live-in boyfriend, Joshua Peairre Flowers. Kelly told deputies she had a recording of Flowers admitting to sexually abusing a young girl, and that this incident happened around a year ago, when they lived in Dallas, according to a Smith County arrest affidavit.

A deputy heard the recording of Flowers admitting to performing a sexual act on the victim. When confronted, Flowers denied any physical contact with the minor.

"However, after the deputy played an audio recording in which Flowers i

See Full Page