PORT TOWNSEND— A Brinnon man has been charged with 41 counts of rape and assault against a 22-year-old Filipino woman who he had brought to his home with the promise of marriage, court documents said.
Patrick John McAllister, 48, was released on a $100,000 bond after his arrest Aug. 5.
He made an initial court appearance Aug. 12 and is scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. Friday in Jefferson County Superior Court, 1820 Jefferson St.
McAllister is charged with 19 counts of second-degree rape, 10 counts of third-degree rape and 12 counts of fourth-degree assault and domestic violence.
If McAllister is convicted of all the charges, he could spend the rest of his life in prison, said Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Rosekrans.
McAllister will plead not guilty to the charges, said his attorney, Lance Hester.
Sheriff’s report
A Jefferson County sheriff’s report gives the following account:
McAllister was introduced to the woman by her brother-in-law, who lives in Jefferson County, and began a long-distance relationship with her, phoning her for several months while she was living with her family in the Philippines.
McAllister visited her in the Philippines in March 2008, and upon his return, told her that he wanted to marry her and “would give her a good life.”
She arrived in Seattle on March 14, 2010, and was brought to McAllister’s home in Brinnon.
She said she was first raped March 18, and that rapes and assaults continued until April 25, 2010.
Working with Sheriff’s Deputy Barb Garrett over a period of months, the woman told of 23 separate occasions when she said violence and sexual assault took place.
The incidents took place in Brinnon aside from a period between April 15 and April 22 which occurred at McAllister’s mother’s house in Oregon, the sheriff’s report said.
The report says there were several days when multiple rapes occurred.
The woman escaped McAllister’s house April 26, 2010, according to the report.
The investigation took more than a year because of language difficulties, authorities said.
The woman spoke a Filipino dialect for which no local translator was immediately available, Rosekrans said.
After several months, the county found a translator for the dialect; at the same time, the woman’s command of English improved, Rosekrans said.
Rosekrans said the woman is “somewhere in Port Townsend” and will be called to testify at the trial when it occurs.
The trial date will be set after the arraignment and omnibus hearings, he said.
Earlier verdict
Between the time McAllister visited the victim in the Philippines and her arrival in the United States, McAllister was charged with the rape of a woman he met in Shelton and took to his home.
He was found guilty and sentenced to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine — both suspended.
He subsequently was fined $300 and performed 35 hours of community service, according to court documents.
Hester also represented McAllister in that case, according to the documents.
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Jefferson County Reporter Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or charlie.bermant@peninsuladailynews.com.