Worker in Maria Rojas abortion case makes first court appearance
37-year-old Yhonder Lebrun Acosta joined the hearing virtually in Waller County, where he’s charged with practicing medicine without a license at one of Maria Rojas’ clinics.
For the first time since the arrest of Maria Rojas, the midwife indicted on illegal abortion charges, one of her workers faced a Waller County Judge on Wednesday.
KPRC 2 was the only media outlet in court for the development on the historic case.
Rojas was arrested back in March, accused by the Texas Attorney General’s Office of running a network of medical clinics and performing illegal abortions.
37-year-old Yhonder Lebrun Acosta, who prosecutors say worked under Rojas, joined his court hearing virtually Wednesday afternoon. He is one of eight people indicted last month in connection to the case.
Acosta was charged with practicing medicine without a license at one of Rojas’ clinics in Waller County between February 2023 and March 2025.
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During the proceeding, Acosta requested a Spanish interpreter and told the judge he plans to hire his own attorney. The judge postponed his case until Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m.
According to jail records, Acosta has since posted bond.
KPRC 2 has reached out to attorneys on record for all eight workers.
We heard back from two of them.
Attorney Javier Martinez, representing Sabiel Bosch, sent the following statement:
“Mr. Bosch is innocent of the charges. We expect that the case against him will be shown to be factually and legally insufficient. If the case doesn’t get dismissed, we will prevail at trial.”
Attorney Luis Martinez, representing Gerardo Aguero said:
“I cannot discuss my client Gerardo Aguero until I learn more about the facts of his case, and right now I know only what is in the public record.”
Earlier this month, Texas AG Ken Paxton announced the new indictments.
“This cabal ofabortion-loving radicals has been running illegal clinics staffed with unlicensed individuals who endangered the very people they pretended to help,” said Paxton.
Meanwhile, the Center for Reproductive Rights called the indictments a ‘scare campaign.’
We received the following statement from senior counsel Jenna Hudson:
“This is an escalation of Texas’ scare campaign against doctors and healthcare workers. The case against Maria Rojas is a sham. Without any proof, Paxton went after Rojas, a licensed midwife dedicated to helping her pregnant patients. He heartlessly shut down several clinics that provided lawful, affordable services to families around Houston, most of whom were low-income, uninsured immigrants with few options for health care. To claim this is about protecting women’s health is laughable—women are going septic and nearly dying in hospitals because of Texas’ abortion ban—and Paxton couldn’t care less. He has thrown together a shoddy case to score political points. It’s no coincidence that he is targeting Rojas and these clinics amid the widespread anti-immigrant sentiment nationwide. Texas health care workers deserve respect, not to be treated like criminals.”
