David Benjamin Coots, 42, is being charged with third-degree rape, second-degree assault, tampering with a witness and five counts of violation of a court order. Coots is alleged to have forced abortion pills up a woman’s vagina while engaging in intercourse after learning earlier that she tested positive for pregnancy, and he was the father.
Coots is a nurse who met the victim in his capacity as a nurse, which could lead to Coots losing his nursing license, in addition to facing potential jail time. MultiCare, the company Coots worked for, and through whom Coots met his alleged victim, said “MultiCare has no higher priority than the safety of our patients. We take these allegations of inappropriate behavior by our provider very seriously and are conducting a thorough investigation. The provider in question no longer works for MultiCare.”
Excerpt from www.fox13seattle.com
… Prosecutors in Pierce County charged David Benjamin Coots, 42, with third-degree rape, second-degree assault, tampering with a witness and five counts of violation of a court order.
According to court records, Coots and the victim first met when she went to his office in Jan. 2023, for an appointment at MultiCare in Gig Harbor. They became friends and then started dating in Sept. 2023 when Coots told her that he and his wife were getting a divorce.
In Jan. 2024, the victim said she had taken multiple pregnancy tests that were positive. She said Coots was “overly supportive” when she told him about the pregnancy and said he would take care of everything.
According to court documents, she told a deputy that she and Coots were having sex on Jan. 27 when he put his fingers into her farther and harder than normal, and that Coots was acting strangely afterward. She said after he left for the night, she noticed a pill fall from her vagina.