A Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy had sexual contact with at least one worker at the downtown Portland courthouse while he was on duty, intimidated a fellow deputy into performing a sex act and pursued a handful of other women while he was on the job, including a judge who acknowledged dating him, according to allegations in investigative records released Tuesday.

Deputy Dwight Richey eventually resigned and was convicted last month of felony coercion after an acquaintance accused him of forcing her to have sex in a private home in 2017. Richey was off-duty at the time. He was sentenced to three years of probation and required to give up his law enforcement certification.

In the course of investigating that crime, detectives delved into other allegations that Richey had repeatedly engaged in consensual sex acts at the Multnomah County Courthouse.

Richey, 49, ultimately faced no further criminal charges. He worked alternately in the jail and courthouse, supervising and escorting defendants to and from courtrooms. He wore a uniform and carried a gun. He was placed on leave in July 2017 and resigned in fall 2018. Richey denied he committed any sex crimes.

Dwight Richey (left) listens to his victim speak about the trauma he's caused in her life during a hearing on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Next to him is defense attorney Russ Barnett. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Eric Bergstrom is in the background.

The 111-page report, written by outside investigators, was released to The Oregonian/OregonLive after a public records request. Washington County detectives took on the investigation to avoid any conflict of interest that Multnomah County would have.

It describes a relationship between Richey and a judicial assistant that ended in early 2016 and included oral sex in the assistant’s office, according to the woman.

The woman told detectives that she had dated Richey for about a year and he would pressure her into giving him oral sex behind the locked door of her office while he was on-duty and in uniform.

She said he would unzip his pants and she would say no, but he would expose himself, saying “Look what you did to me,” according to the report.

Another worker at the courthouse said Richey repeatedly tried to kiss her and touched her while they were at the entrance to a room where judges sit in the nearby Multnomah County Justice Center. Richey gave up only after she told him to stop several times and pushed his hands away, she said.

That woman and another woman told detectives they had dated Richey or “hooked up” with him outside of work but didn’t have sex with him at the courthouse.

Former Multnomah County Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Richey, after his arrest in July 2018 based on allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in a private home in May 2017. Richey ultimately pleaded no contest to felony coercion, which is not a sex crime.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office redacted sections of its report, including the names of many of the women it interviewed. One of them was Multnomah County Circuit Judge Kathleen Dailey, sources said.

According to the report, the judge told a detective she had dated Richey for a few months sometime around 2008 or 2009, then again in 2011.

The judge, however, “strongly denied that she ever engaged in sexual contact with Richey in the courthouse,” the report says. “She said they rarely even talked at the courthouse because of her desire that her colleagues not know.”

The judge changed the subject at least three times when a detective asked her if Richey ever had asked her about having sex at the courthouse, according to the report.

Dailey didn’t respond to a phone message and an email requesting comment.

Russ Barnett, Richey’s defense attorney, said Tuesday the allegations about Richey at the courthouse or with colleagues are unproven and resulted in no charges against his client.

“The police report is not the truth,” Barnett said.

The report also detailed an interview with a former female deputy with Multnomah County. She told one of the detectives that several years ago, while off-duty and inside a car with Richey, he put his hand down her pants and started kissing her.

She said she was “shocked” and told him, “I don’t want to do this” and that she “tried to fight him off,” but he was “very forceful” and wrenching her arms. She said she ended up performing a sex act -- and if she hadn’t, she’s sure he would have hurt her very badly, according to the report.

The former deputy said she had never previously reported what happened, in part because of her “own shame and embarrassment.”

Detectives Robert Rookhuyzen and Chuck Anderson forwarded the report to prosecutors at the Oregon Department of Justice, asking them to consider charges of official misconduct.

Kristina Edmunson, a department spokeswoman, declined to comment about the decision not to file official misconduct charges or whether government employees engaging in sex acts in the courthouse is illegal.

Barbara Marcille, trial court administrator in Multnomah County, said she requested and received a copy of the sheriff’s report Tuesday. Marcille noted that significant portions of the report, including names of court employees, have been redacted. But nonetheless, she will “assess the available information” and take appropriate action, including disciplinary action against employees, if necessary, Marcille said.

Also Tuesday, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement, saying officials appreciated the “thorough” work of Washington County investigators and cooperated fully.

“Allegations of misconduct are serious matters for public safety agencies,” the statement says. “Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and the members of the Sheriff’s Office believe that community trust is the foundation upon which we build our legitimacy as public safety professionals. Our profession’s legitimacy is damaged when any member or former member engages in illegal actions or misconduct.”

-- Aimee Green

agreen@oregonian.com

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