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Formal charges are expected Thursday against Danford Grant, a high-profile Seattle Attorney who is accused of raping at least three women over the past month.

Bail set at $3 million for attorney accused of massage parlor rapes

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on September 26, 2012 @ 5:38 am (Updated: 9:52 am - 9/27/12 )

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Bail has been set at $3 million for a man suspected in the sexual assaults of multiple women at massage parlors in Seattle and Bellevue.

Formal charges are expected Thursday against Danford Grant, a high-profile Seattle Attorney who is accused of raping at least three women over the past month.

His attorney, David Allen says it's all a misunderstanding. He claims the married, father of three was trying to protect himself.

"We believe that Dan is bailable and should have been bailed out. We also believe very strongly in the presumption in innocence," says Allen. "There's no evidence against him at this point. And we're ready to proceed through the system."

Grant, 47, is a partner at the law firm Bailey Grant Onsager and has handled appeals for the Washington Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, according to his personal website. He has also worked for the Seattle City Attorney's Office.

Seattle Police arrested Grant Monday night after he allegedly raped a female employee at Carnation Massage Clinic on NW 85th Street for the second time in less than a week.

According to probable cause documents released by the King County Prosecutor's Office, Grant entered the parlor on Sept. 19 and paid for a massage. Once in a private room, he raped the woman at knife point.

Four days later, on Sept. 24, Grant returned to the massage parlor and paid for service. Once alone, police say Grant sexually assaulted the same woman for a second time. The owner of the parlor and several other employees attempted to detain Grant, but he slipped away, according to the court documents.

Police located Grant a short distance away. He was placed under arrest after witnesses identified him as the man who had been at the parlor.

Prosecutors also suspect Grant in the rape of a former Carnation Massage employee who currently works out of her home. Bellevue police believe he is responsible for the rape of a massage parlor employee in their jurisdiction.

In seeking a high bail amount, prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that Grant had gathered personal information about his victims, including their home addresses.

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  • CH wrote...
    Bet it way a xcop . . . .
    September 26, 2012 11:47 am
    to many nights working under [the] cover(s).
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  • CH wrote...
    was
    September 26, 2012 11:48 am
    .
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    Sad,but its something to think about.
    September 26, 2012 6:55 pm
    His defense could look like this; ( He thought he was paying for sex, including S and M and role play. The whole gambit was part of the act. will settle for prostitution charge. ) We all knwo that massage parlors are where hookers sell tricks, and massage clinics are where people go to get a medicinal rubdown. i am just saying that the line is fuzzy enough that he could make the argument,and might. BTW - I think he is a creep, and am in no way siding with him.
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Sick as it is Fartforce, that's the first thought I had also.
    September 27, 2012 11:35 am
    Coupled with the fact the girls speak little or no English. They likely couldn't make it clear that they were not hookers.

    I see a bit of racism by this lawyer also (the women are Asian), but who knows. He might have expected a French woman to put out for him too.

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  • deltta wrote...
    Renderings aren't even close
    September 26, 2012 7:02 pm
    Guy on the left has no teeth.
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  • Cash wrote...
    Really???
    September 26, 2012 7:29 pm
    The sketch looks exactly like him, just in the sketch his mouth is closed... That is an amazing sketch and clearly a match...
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  • hpitantso wrote...
    Maybe the price was to high
    September 26, 2012 8:07 pm
    How did the guy return? Are there that many tricks that rape? He "stiffed" them all right, now $3 million to get out of the pokie the other difference is the necktie
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  • CH wrote...
    He will get a good . . . .
    September 27, 2012 2:32 am
    rub down behind the bars. Pack your ky jelly. Speaking of that what happen to James?
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  • Irish Rover wrote...
    Returned a second tme .... and was let in ?
    September 27, 2012 7:04 am
    Let me get this straight ..... He commits rape one day, and returns in the same week AND IS WELCOMED BACK BY THE SAME PERSON INTO A PRIVATE ROOM. Either she didn't recognize him the second time(not likely), or she didn't take the 1st rape seriously enough to not invite him back AGAIN for a second go-at-it. He deserves everyting thats coming to him, but theres a whole lot more to this than just a hapless innocent victim.
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  • BLH253360 wrote...
    Agreed!
    September 27, 2012 9:38 am
    I was thinking the same thing. I couldn't imagine not recognizing the man who raped me less then a week prior. You would think the whole staff would be aware and would have tightened security up a bit. Do they not "check" people in a the front desk or at least have them sign something when getting a massage? I've never gotten a massage without at least having to fill out some kind of paperwork. Was he wearing a disguise the first or second time? There has to be more to the story that we are not hearing at this time. Either on the end of the massage parlor, or the alleged suspects.
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  • anotherfencewalker wrote...
    Massage clinic or a whorehouse?
    September 27, 2012 7:58 am
    This wasnt a clinic location. Men (and some women) go to these places for that little extra. Guilty or not, he's screwed. It had better have been one he11 of a BJ for 3 million.
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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    Same hooker, (er, masseuse) he supposedly raped at knife point earlier in the week...
    September 27, 2012 8:48 am
    let him back in for another session?

    The prosecution better have a dump truck full of evidence. Those improbable circumstances have "Reasonable Doubt" lit up in neon.

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  • ron prevost wrote...
    CHUCK - that girl told her friend on the phone to call the cops the second time.
    September 27, 2012 11:40 am
    Per reports she didn't 'let him back in' (the doors weren't locked). I guess she couldn't physically stop him, but that's how the did nab him.

    Would you think that if the same guy robbed a 7-11 3 times he was being 'let back in' ?

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