Former MMA fighter “Cadillac” charged with raping three Portland women; Police are looking for more victims

A former California mixed martial arts fighter known as “The Cadillac” who has been living on the streets of Portland for the past few years has been accused of raping three women in their tents, authorities said Tuesday.

Zachary Lee Andrews, 32, faces a 16-count indictment accusing him of multiple counts of first-degree rape, sodomy and sexual abuse.

Andrews, who told booking agents last year that he uses meth and fentanyl daily and is homeless, is charged with separate attacks on three women on Oct. 24, 2021, March 29, 2022 and Oct. 1, 2022. Each of the women was also homeless at the time.

The women reported the attacks within hours or days, exhibited visible signs of choking, scratches and bruising, and submitted DNA samples for testing, prosecutors said in an affidavit.

But Andrews was only charged last month. Police and prosecutors did not immediately respond to questions about the delay.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge David Rees ordered Andrews held without bail last Thursday. U.S. Marshals arrested Andrews on April 24 in Portland.

Two of three DNA samples taken from the women matched Andrews, while the third sample was too small to be tested, the affidavit said. The woman who provided the third sample identified Andrews using his fighter name and a photo, the affidavit said.

Police said other women may have been attacked and released booking photos of Andrews.

Andrews was a professional MMA fighter in 2016 and 2017 while living in San Francisco and was affiliated with Dragon House MMA; He took a 3-1 lead during that time, according to online boxing results.

He also has a criminal record in California and was convicted in 2017 of assault, transportation of a controlled substance, possession of stolen property and damage to a jail, Multnomah County booking records show.

It is unclear how long he was incarcerated, but in 2022 and early 2023 he was arrested several times in Multnomah County on charges of shoplifting from Japanese retailer Muji and for allegedly destroying a display case at a downtown pharmacy and shoveling merchandise at the A thousand dollar worth of arrested eau de cologne in a travel bag. These cases remain open.

Andrews was also charged with attempted rape, first-degree burglary and strangulation in an April 2022 case when a woman said Andrews forced his way into her downtown apartment, jumped on her and said “You’re beautiful” while he strangled her with a lanyard, according to a probable cause affidavit. A neighbor heard the noise and called the police, the affidavit states. Prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case days later without explanation.

In the latest indictment, Andrews denied having sex with one of the women and claimed to have had consensual sex with the other two, Multnomah County Assistant District Attorney Robin Skarstad wrote in the affidavit.

Police asked anyone with information to contact Detective Nathan Wollstein at [email protected] and reference number 22-270281.

Andrews remains in custody at the downtown jail.

—Zane Sparling covers breaking news and dishes for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Reach him at 503-319-7083, [email protected] or @pdxzane.

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