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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER. MATT FLEENER EXPLAINS. THIS IS DAVID BROWN A FORMER EMPLOYEE AT THE AVENUES TO RECOVER ADDICTION CENTER AT OLATHE THURSDAY. HE WENT BEFORE A JOHNSON COUNTY JUDGE CHARGED WITH RAPE ON DECEMBER OF LAST YEA THE EXACT DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED ARE STILL UNCLEAR AND KMBC 9 INVESTIGATES HIS FATHER REQUEST WITH THE COURT TO LEARN MORE BUT KMBC 9 FOUND BROWN DOES HAVE HIS ADDICTION COUNSELOR LICENSE SUSPENDED FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS BECAUSE OF A SEPARATE CASE THESE RECORDS SHOW. HE ACCOMPANIED A CLIENT ON A PRIVATE JET TO TROPICAL ISLANDS IN 2017. WELL POSTING PICTURES OF HIMSELF ON STATING HE WAS WITH THAT CLIENT. THESE DOCUMENTS CAN BE SEEN ON INVESTIGATES UNCOVERED SHOW WHEN HE DIDN’T COMPLETE HIS ETHICS TRAINING. HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED ON DECEMBER 11TH OF LAST YEAR AS FOR THE RAPE CHARGE BROWSE ATTORNEY SAYS HIS CLIENT PLANS TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY. ABSOLUTELY ADAMANTLY DENIES ANY INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY. IT HASN’T BORNE ITSELF OUT YET EXACTLY WHAT THE STATE’S ALLEGATIONS ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS CASE. I DON’T KNOW UNDER WHAT THEORY THEY’RE PROGRESSING OR THEY’RE PROCEEDING UNDER BUT WE’LL FIND OUT AT THE NEXT HEARING. THERE’S MORE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS. CASE AND WE SHOULD LEARN MORE THE SCHEDULED PRELIMINARY HEARING COMIN

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A former Johnson County drug and alcohol addiction counselor is now facing a felony rape charge.David John Brown, 75, faces one count of rape for an alleged incident in December.A probable cause affidavit filed by Olathe police alleges a woman invited to stay in Brown’s home by him and his wife became a victim of his unwanted sexual contact.Brown provided her with Xanax knowing she was intoxicated, the affidavit says. The woman later told police Brown had sexual contact with her, and provided text messages showing Brown’s admission they had sex.The woman told police she was not in a romantic relationship with Brown and any sexual contact was unwanted and nonconsensual, according to the affidavit.Brown later denied sexual intercourse with the woman, but admitted to Olathe police that he sent the text messages saying he was, "sort of in a fantasy world" and that "physiologically it cannot happen and it did not happen."Brown is a former employee of Avenues to Recovery in Olathe. The organization's website says it offers, "full service drug and alcohol assessment, education and counseling.""He absolutely, adamantly denies, any inappropriate activity," said Brown’s attorney, W. Scott Toth.Public records show Brown’s addiction counselor license was suspended in December after he failed to complete ethics training for a separate incident not connected to the rape charge.In that incident, Brown was accused of posting pictures of a client to Facebook after Brown accompanied the client on a private jet to tropical islands where the client conducts business."Photographs posted revealed the client's well-known business hat and included pictures of the client's private jet and boat," a Kansas Behavioral Sciences Review Board found.Brown responded the confidentiality violations were "ill-conceived and naïve, but not malicious."A woman who answered the door at the Avenues to Recovery center declined to comment.Brown's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 3.If you have any more details about this story or any other investigative tip, send investigative reporter Matt Flener an email at mflener@hearst.com.