Over just a year and a half in 2023 and 2024, four girls and one woman suffered at the hands of Damani J. Anderson. Skarstad said the investigation began in Gresham in January 2024, when the middle schooler reported being raped by a man whose identity she didn’t know. Another case was not immediately referred to the DA’s office, according to Skarstad, because the victim was experiencing a mental health crisis. Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney Robin Skarstad speaks with reporters on Thurs., Jan. 29, 2026. Souede noted that Anderson had spared the victims the ordeal of testifying at trial or worrying that the case would be overturned on a technicality.