KIRO: Affidavits Portray Danford Grant as Determined Sexual Predator

Affidavits filed by police for new search warrants in the case of Seattle attorney Danford Grant -- charged with seven counts of rape in Bellevue, Shoreline and Seattle -- if true portray him as a determined sexual predator, says a KIRO News report.

Grant, a longtime attorney who has practiced in the Seattle area, is charged with a series of rapes of local massage therapists, including the August rapes of a massage therapist at a Bellevue studio and of a massage therapist at her home in Shoreline.

According to the KIRO report, the search warrant affidavit alleges Grant used three aliases in attempting to make another appointment with a Seattle massage therapist he had attempted to assault in June of 2011, when she worked at Seattle’s Carnation Health Center.

Twice she recognized him as Grant and successfully turned him away from her home, where she had begun practicing. But the third time, last August, when a man who had made an appointment as “Pete” showed up, he broke in and raped her.

KIRO reported the warrant indicated the woman kept a chain lock on her door and recognized the man as Grant, but, “He pushed through the door breaking the chain lock."

The KIRO report says Grant’s lawyer, Richard Hansen, was asked why his client would use aliases if what happened was consensual. He said he could not comment on the case, but that other client of his had used aliases to avoid blackmail by massage therapists.

See the full KIRO report here.

Grant was arrested in October after an attempted assault at a Seattle massage clinic. He was released after posting $1 million bail and is under electronic home monitoring, as well as under other restrictions.

For previous Patch coverage of the case, click here.