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Man who held himself out as Native American activist sentenced to 46 years for serial rapes
Redwolf Pope was sentenced to 46 years for drugging, filming, and raping multiple women, prompting calls for legal reforms to protect victims during self-represented trials.
- On Wednesday, Redwolf Pope was sentenced to 46 years in prison after a jury convicted him on five counts of second-degree rape and four counts of first-degree voyeurism in Seattle.
- Police began investigating when a roommate and houseguest recovered SD cards and devices from his Seattle apartment; Redwolf Pope faced prosecutions in New Mexico and was convicted by a King County jury.
- Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jocelyn Cooney said investigators presented video evidence, including a montage set to music and files stored on an iPad and other devices, with three videos capturing his Seattle apartment.
- Victims spoke Wednesday about long-term harm and retraumatization, while survivors urged the Washington State Legislature to reform self-represented defendant procedures and Pope faces an indeterminate sentencing review board.
- Pope had presented himself publicly as a Native American activist and entrepreneur, but his claimed heritage and LinkedIn and Seattle University law degree came under scrutiny after his arrest, with Tulalip Tribes and several tribes with Tlingit and Shoshone members finding no enrollment record.
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A man who presented himself as a Native American activist was sentenced on Wednesday to 46 years in prison for drugging and raping women in a case that inspired requests for changes in Washington State law to prohibit defendants representing themselves from questioning their accusers directly. Redwolf Pope, who had apartments in Seattle and Santa Fe, New Mexico, was arrested in 2018 after guests from his Seattle apartment handed over to police v…
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Man who held himself out as Native American activist sentenced to 46 years for serial rapes
A man who held himself out as a Native American activist was sentenced Wednesday to 46 years in prison for drugging and raping women, scenes he recorded on video.
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