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GRESHAM MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS AFTER SEXUALLY ABUSING 11-YEAR-OLD BOY - 10/27/25

 

 

10/23/25

 

CASE: 23CR08557


 

Portland, OR- Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Angela Lucero today sentenced 38-year-old Brian Matthew Cort to 25 years prison. The sentence follows convictions for Sodomy in the First Degree and two counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree. 

 

The extra long prison sentence comes under the enhancements provided by Jessica’s Law. The law took effect in Oregon in 2006 and imposes a mandatory sentence of 25 years prison for sex crimes, including sodomy, when committed against children who are under the age of 12.

 

Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Reid Schweitzer prosecuted the case for the state.

After the sentencing he said: “The Defendant took advantage of a young child who trusted him, for his own selfish desires. He is paying the price for the pain and betrayal that he inflicted on this child. I am grateful that the jury saw the truth in the child’s testimony and held his abuser accountable.”

 

The District Attorney’s Office would like to thank Gresham Police Department detectives Frederick Huffman IV and Adam Wright, as well as former detective Aaron Dressler for their outstanding work on this case. The Office also thanks Kyle Mitchell and the team of forensic scientists at the Oregon State Police Forensic Sciences Division for their impressive work on this case, providing important evidence and testimony at trial.

 

MCDA would also like to thank MCDA Victim Advocate Alie Aguilera and former Victim Advocate Emma Kane for the care and compassion shown to the victim throughout this case.

 

The Facts:

 

On September 6, 2020 Cort met with an 11-year old boy to go kayaking on the Columbia River. Cort was a friend of the child’s family and had babysat for him before. Before Cort took the child kayaking, he brought the child to his residence and sexually assaulted him. Then they went kayaking for the day. When the boy’s father picked him up from the river, the child told him what happened and the father called the police. DNA analysis of the child’s clothing corroborated his disclosures about the sexual abuse. 

 

                                            ###MCDA###

 

GRESHAM MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS AFTER SEXUALLY ABUSING 11-YEAR-OLD BOY - 10/27/25

 

 

10/23/25

 

CASE: 23CR08557


 

Portland, OR- Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Angela Lucero today sentenced 38-year-old Brian Matthew Cort to 25 years prison. The sentence follows convictions for Sodomy in the First Degree and two counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree. 

 

The extra long prison sentence comes under the enhancements provided by Jessica’s Law. The law took effect in Oregon in 2006 and imposes a mandatory sentence of 25 years prison for sex crimes, including sodomy, when committed against children who are under the age of 12.

 

Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Reid Schweitzer prosecuted the case for the state.

After the sentencing he said: “The Defendant took advantage of a young child who trusted him, for his own selfish desires. He is paying the price for the pain and betrayal that he inflicted on this child. I am grateful that the jury saw the truth in the child’s testimony and held his abuser accountable.”

 

The District Attorney’s Office would like to thank Gresham Police Department detectives Frederick Huffman IV and Adam Wright, as well as former detective Aaron Dressler for their outstanding work on this case. The Office also thanks Kyle Mitchell and the team of forensic scientists at the Oregon State Police Forensic Sciences Division for their impressive work on this case, providing important evidence and testimony at trial.

 

MCDA would also like to thank MCDA Victim Advocate Alie Aguilera and former Victim Advocate Emma Kane for the care and compassion shown to the victim throughout this case.

 

The Facts:

 

On September 6, 2020 Cort met with an 11-year old boy to go kayaking on the Columbia River. Cort was a friend of the child’s family and had babysat for him before. Before Cort took the child kayaking, he brought the child to his residence and sexually assaulted him. Then they went kayaking for the day. When the boy’s father picked him up from the river, the child told him what happened and the father called the police. DNA analysis of the child’s clothing corroborated his disclosures about the sexual abuse. 

 

                                            ###MCDA###