"Lawyers for Terry Bean, the Portland real estate developer accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in Eugene in 2013, have asked a judge to dismiss the long-running case, citing the lead detective’s alleged destruction of evidence and his alleged bias against members of the LGBTQ community and Bean. Jeff Myers, who retired from the Portland Police Bureau in January, destroyed months of text messages that should have been shared with the defense team under state law, said Tiffany Harris, one of Bean’s lawyers. Myers had exchanged the texts with Jeffrey Dickey, the lawyer for Bean’s former boyfriend Kiah Lawson. Lawson was a co-defendant in the case and initially raised the allegations against Bean through Dickey. Bean, a well-known gay rights activist and prominent Democratic fundraiser for years, is president of Bean Investment Real Estate based in downtown Portland and owner of more than 6,000 multifamily property units in the western United States, according to his company’s website.
Two newly hired officers who were helping Myers go over video from protests in a bureau computer lab told investigators that Myers referred to a transgender person, a suspect in an alleged arson, as “it,” the reports said. One of the new officers said Myers made the reference out loud so everyone could hear, including an officer who is transgender, according to the reports. Another newly hired officer also reported that Myers said he didn’t agree with gender-neutral bathrooms while a transgender officer was present.
The victim testified that both Bean and Lawson had picked him up, drove him to their motel room and engaged in various sex acts with him. A jury found Lawson guilty of felony third-degree sodomy and misdemeanor third-degree sexual abuse."
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/10/lawyers-for-portland-developer-terry-bean-cite-alleged-misconduct-by-lead-detective-urge-dismissal-of-sex-abuse-charges.html