Charges: Kirkland man raped, sexually assaulted two homeless women Michael Freeman offered two women to stay at his apartment and forced himself on both of them, records say

A 65-year-old man was charged with raping and sexually assaulting two women at his Kirkland apartment after offering to let them stay while they looked for permanent housing. A 65-year-old man was charged with raping and sexually assaulting two women at his Kirkland apartment after offering to let them stay while they looked for permanent housing. Photo: Vstock LLC/Getty Images/Tetra Images RF Photo: Vstock LLC/Getty Images/Tetra Images RF Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Charges: Kirkland man raped, sexually assaulted two homeless women 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

A 65-year-old man was charged Thursday for raping and sexually assaulting two women in September and October of last year in his Kirkland apartment.

Michael Freeman was arrested Oct. 18 for third-degree rape and fourth-degree assault after the second woman, 59, reported he assaulted her, according to a police report from the Kirkland Police Department. He was formally charged with second-degree rape and attempted second-degree rape on Thursday.

Court documents allege the first sexual assault occurred in September after Freeman and the first alleged victim, 56, met at a barbecue hosted by a mutual friend on Sept. 7, 2018.

During the barbecue, she told Freeman that she had "been homeless for some time and was looking for a new place to stay," according to court documents. They entered into an agreement that she would stay with him for "six to seven months" and would split the rent and cable bill evenly.

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Court documents indicate that during the first night, Sept. 8, Freeman agreed to sleep on the couch while the woman took the bed in the bedroom. She reported that she felt him get into bed with her and rub her back but she told him not to and went back to sleep.

Two days later the woman said she woke up at about 8 a.m. and that Freeman woke up "sometime later." She said he was watching shows that were "very perverse and were talking about rape," which made her "very uncomfortable," according to court documents.

She said she tried to leave after that, but Freeman told her "you aren't going anywhere." She reported that later, a little after midnight, Freeman went into her room, removed her clothes forcibly and held her down with a blanket across her throat and an arm on each side of her head, tightening the blanket more as she fought back harder.

Court documents indicate that after Freeman finished raping her, he told her to "just get over it." She reported she then tried to leave but he pushed her back onto the bed where she hit her head against the wall.

The woman said she made up a story about a counseling appointment to escape the apartment. She ran to the nearest bus stop and contacted her friend who took her to Harborview Medical Center for an exam.

Kirkland police officers visited Freeman at his apartment on Sept. 13 where he let them in to look around. He told the officers that the woman had stayed at his place for about five days and denied any physical contact between them.

The alleged victim told detectives that there would be DNA from both of them on a green washcloth in Freeman's apartment, according to the police report.

A month later, Freeman offered another woman who was homeless to stay at his apartment while she looked for more permanent housing.

She was sleeping on the couch on Oct. 18 when Freeman ordered her to sleep in his bed with him, court documents allege.

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She reported that Freeman immediately began trying to take her clothes off. After pulling down her pants and underwear, the woman told him she didn't want to have sex with him at which point he became angry and began punching her in the face and said, "I'll kill you, don't disrespect me in my household."

The woman told investigators she felt if she agreed to have sex with him, he would stop. She reported that after 30 minutes of not being able to get an erection, he went to bed. She called the police when she thought it was safe.

Freeman later told officers that he was able to get an erection, and that the sex was consensual.

The woman felt Freeman was serious when he threatened to kill her, court documents state.

Freeman was conditionally released on Oct. 25 but was booked again on Jan. 31, 2019 on $250,000 bail.