20-YEAR-OLD SERIAL RAPIST PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTIPLE CRIMES - 01/23/26

20-YEAR-OLD SERIAL RAPIST PLEADS GUILTY

Case number: 24CR41664                                        January 23, 2026

Portland, OR- Twenty-year old Damani Jazz Anderson pled guilty to sexually assaulting five girls and young women between February 2023 and August 2024. Four of the attacks were at gunpoint.  Anderson pled guilty to four counts of Rape in the First Degree; three counts of Kidnapping in the First Degree with a Firearm; three counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon with a Firearm; and single counts of Attempted Rape in the First Degree with a Firearm and Robbery in the First Degree with a Firearm.

Sentencing is scheduled for January 29, 2026 at 1pm in front of Judge Souede in courtroom 16A.

Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney Robin Skarstad prosecuted the case for the state. After the sentencing she said: 

“Damani Anderson sought out vulnerable victims on-line, lured them to secluded places, placed them in mortal fear, and terrorized them. Their young lives literally have been shattered by his sexual violence. Today, because of the bravery of these survivors, our community is safe from a predator who certainly would have found more victims.   

 The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office would like to thank Portland Police Detective Kyffin Marcum and Gresham Police Detective Larry Foulke for their outstanding work on this case.

MCDA would also like to thank MCDA Victim Advocates Allison Miller and Alie Aguilera for the care and compassion shown to the victims in these incidents.

THE FACTS:

Beginning in February of 2023, the defendant who was 16 years old had an on and off relationship with a 17-year old.  He was mentally, physically, and emotionally abusive to her.  At one point, she went to his room to retrieve her belongings and he pushed her down on the bed, put his knee on her back, tied her up, and raped her. 

In January of 2024, when the defendant was 17, he identified his next victim, a 13-year old middle schooler.  The youth said she met the defendant on Snapchat a few days before and made arrangements to meet up at her middle school. He pressured her to walk to a remote area of a nearby park. When they arrived, he pulled a gun and threatened to shoot her. He took her phone and threw it in a ditch then ordered her to undress. He took pictures of her and threatened to post them if she went to the police. The defendant then raped, strangled and sodomized the 13-year old threatening to kill her repeatedly. When he finished, she was able to run away.

In June of 2024, the defendant was 18 when he connected online with a 16-year old he used to date several years earlier. He met up with her at Pier park. They drank alcohol and then, when she laid down, he pressed a gun against her head and demanded she take off her clothes, which she did.  They were interrupted by people with flashlights and she was able to escape.  

A week later, in June of 2024, the defendant connected with a 17-year old victim. She was aware of him from school but when he first reached out on Instagram he did not use his real name. When they met up to smoke he was wearing a ski mask. When she laid down on a blanket she brought, he pulled out a gun,pointed it at her chest, and showed her it was real and loaded. He told her to take off her clothes. While she was doing that he told her about other girls he had done this to and who he had killed. He then raped her and forced her to perform oral sex on him. 

In August of 2024 the defendant, still 18 years old, connected on Tinder with an 18-year old who would be his last victim.

She agreed to meet up with the defendant in North Portland in an industrial area. She said the defendant directed her to an area along some railroad tracks that ran adjacent to what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse. They explored the property together and then he pulled out a gun-and forced it into her mouth. He made her perform oral sex on him while he pointed the gun at her forehead. He later raped her. Approaching lights in the distance distracted the defendant and the young woman ran wearing only a sweatshirt and carrying her underwear. She ran to nearby homes and asked for help. Police were called. 

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