Date: 12-13-2005

Case Style: Jane Doe v. Dick Dasen, Sr.

Case Number: Unknown

Judge: Unknown

Court: District Court, Flathead County, Montana

Plaintiff's Attorney: Monte Beck of Beck, Amsden & Ruggiero, PLLC, Bozeman, Montana

Defendant's Attorney:

John Bohyer of Phillips & Bohyer, P.C., Missoula, Montana

Description:

Plaintiff sued Dick Dasen, Jr., claiming that he made her and a friend perform sex acts for money. She claimed that Dasen lured he improvished girl and her best friend, ages 16 and 15, into a Kalispell apartment building, then molested them and performed oral sex on them against their will. They admitted that Dasen eventually paid them several thousand dollars.

Dasen claimed that the girls were willing participants in the sex acts. Dasen was eventually prosecuted and convicted of sexaul abuse of children, promotion of prostitution and four counts of prostitution.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $200,000 in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: Editor's Note: Defendant claimed that he has no assets but Plaintiff's counsel asserted that he hid his significant wealth to prevent Plaintiff and the government from seizing his assets. There is, therefore, a question whether the judgment that may eventually be entered against Mr. Dasen will ever be collected.