Man posing as Howard student confesses to sexually abusing four victims

In each of the four cases, the victims said they met Everett through social media or at a party and agreed to go on a date, police said. During the date, Everett supplied them with alcohol, which caused them to pass out, police said.

Standing next to his lawyer, Everett said in Prince George’s County District Court Judge ShaRon M. Kelsey said he “accepts the guilty plea to the charges against me.” Reading documents, Kelsey said the victims were “in agreement” with the confession and wanted “to find closure.”

The victims, according to the public prosecutor, were between 16 and 18 years old, and the attacks occurred in 2005, 2015, 2016 and 2019. In one case, prosecutors said, when she realized Everett had taken photos of her, she asked him to delete the images, but he refused. Another victim told police that Everett punched her in the face after she woke up and tried to take the phone away from him, prosecutors said.

Two of the four were Howard students, according to prosecutors. Authorities said Everett operated a barbershop called Signature Cuts and Shaves on the corner of 10th and U streets near the Northwest Washington school. Everett, prosecutors said, had no affiliation with the university or campus, but still posed as a member of the school to curry favor with his victims.

Prosecutors said blood tests on the women revealed that Everett used an “unknown substance” to incapacitate them.

Everett faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for January 22. Everett must also register as a sex offender and undergo drug, alcohol and mental health evaluations.

In addition to the charges in Prince George’s County District Court, Everett pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of kidnapping a minor and possession of child pornography in connection with an underage girl he drove from the county to his Maryland home and assaulted. He is scheduled to be sentenced in that case in U.S. District Court in Maryland in October. But prosecutors said his sentence in the federal case, combined with that in his Prince George’s case, will not exceed 25 years.

Everett has been held in Prince George’s prison since his arrest in 2019. Prosecutors said the Maryland case was delayed while the FBI investigated federal charges.

In an unusual move, the Prince George’s County District Attorney Aisha N. Braveboy led the prosecution in the case and spoke during the hearing. Outside the courthouse, with one of the victims by her side, Braveboy called Everett a “dangerous predator.”

She praised the two Howard University students who were the first of his victims to report the attacks.

Braveboy urged the women not to feel guilty and reminded them that what was happening to them was an “act of violence” unless they consented to sex, even if they drank alcohol.

Braveboy said Everett was initially able to gain his victims’ trust because he came across as a “talkative” entrepreneur who owned his own home and wore designer suits. “That’s also what made him so dangerous,” she said.

Prosecutors said two of the four victims were linked to Everett’s DNA through a law enforcement match. Database known as the Combined DNA Index System.

Authorities found photos on Everett’s phone of a person believed to be the fifth victim, but they were unable to determine the person’s identity, prosecutors said.

Braveboy said she believes there are others out there who were victims of Everett and said that if more people come forward and evidence is secured, Additional charges may apply.

“These women did not choose to put themselves in these situations, but we want to get these violent offenders off the streets. To do this, victims need to come forward and know that they can remain anonymous to the public,” said Braveboy.