Charges detail numerous injuries suffered by escort in alleged violent sexual attack


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TAYLORSVILLE — An 18-year-old woman suffered numerous injuries in a sexual attack after being called to a Salt Lake City home as an escort, according to criminal charges filed Thursday.

Rick Loren Denison, 57, of Tayorsville, is charged in 3rd District Court with aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree felony; and sexual solicitation, a class B misdemeanor.

Denison called the woman to his home around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 11, according to Salt Lake police. Charges say Denison choked the woman and pushed her onto a bed after the woman refused his advances, which included groping and an invitation to participate in "fetish" activities.

Court documents say the woman lost consciousness while being choked on the bed. She awoke and at first was unable to move, she told police.

"When she was able to start moving a bit, (Denison) approached her, placed his hand on her neck and (choked) her again until she again lost consciousness," charges state.

The tights the woman had previously been wearing were tied around her neck and wrists, according to court documents. She said her underwear had also been removed while she was unconscious.

The woman contacted her escort agency, which sent a driver to pick her up. The person who came to get her "had to cut the tights … off of her wrists," court documents say.

The woman was taken to Intermountain Medical Center, where she was discovered to have spots of bleeding in her eyes, numbness in her ears and face, lacerations on her breasts, marks on her neck indicating choking, bite marks and scrapes.

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The woman's bra was allegedly discovered at the home where Denison and the woman met up. Charging documents say he admitted to meeting with the woman and another escort on the night in question. It's not clear whether Denison lived at the home where the two allegedly met up.

Denison was originally arrested for investigation of attempted murder. He remained in the Salt Lake County Jail on Thursday. He's scheduled to make his initial court appearance Tuesday.

Court records show Denison has a lengthy involvement in the Utah judicial system, beginning when he was convicted of felony theft in 1986 and including a conviction for attempted sexual abuse of a child.

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