A former mixed martial arts heavyweight fighter from St. Paul is accused of sexual misconduct stemming from allegations from three different men.
Brett Charles Rogers, known as Brett “Da Grimm” Rogers in the fighting world, was charged this month with two counts of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of interfering with someone’s privacy, according to two criminal complaints filed against him in Ramsey County District Court.
Brett Charles Rogers, 35, of St. Paul
Rogers, who is reportedly homeless, was in the basement of the George Latimer Central Library in downtown St. Paul in mid-November when he groped a library employee while riding beside him in an elevator, according to one of the complaints.
The man reportedly slapped Rogers’ hand away and asked him what he was doing. Rogers didn’t say anything and exited the elevator as soon as the door opened, according to court documents.
Then, on Jan. 4, he asked a man who was standing next to him at a urinal inside a bathroom in a St. Paul skyway if he wanted to engage in sexual activity inside one of the stalls, according to the complaint. When the man said no, Rogers grabbed his buttocks, the complaint said. The man quickly left and later reported the incident to police.
Surveillance video taken in the skyway reportedly shows Rogers and the man entering and exiting the bathroom.
The third incident took place in the Ramsey County Jail after Rogers was booked on the earlier alleged offenses.
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Rogers’ cellmate was sleeping when he woke to find Rogers fondling him, court documents say. He opted not to call guards out of fear that Rogers, who he described to police as “the biggest and strongest dude in the jail,” might hurt him before help arrived. He reported the incident as soon as he was released from his cell, the criminal complaint said.
When questioned about it, Rogers said his cellmate was lying.
Before his arrest, Rogers had been causing “many problems” in the downtown area lately, according to court documents.
The Harding High School graduate is a 6-foot-4, 270-pound heavyweight fighter who competed for Strikeforce, a mixed-martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, Calif. He lost his professional contract after assaulting his wife in 2011.
Strikeforce discovered Rogers while he was at work changing tires at Sam’s Club in 2009. He started losing fights shortly after joining the group.
He has also been convicted of violating a no-contact order, felony-level domestic assault.
His public defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
