Everett, WA pub owner sentenced 109 years for drugging, raping patrons

Everett pub owner sentenced 109 years for drugging, raping patrons

Former Everett pub owner Christian Sayre was sentenced Monday to at least 109 years in prison for drugging and raping several women over the course of many years.

EVERETT, Wash. - A former Everett pub owner was sentenced Monday to at least 109 years in prison for drugging and raping several women over the course of many years.

A Snohomish County Judge issued an "exceptional sentence" for 39-year-old Christian Sayre, due to his high number of offenses. The Everett Herald reports Sayre was convicted on 16 felony counts — four counts of third-degree rape of a child, two counts of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, two counts of second-degree rape and eight counts of indecent liberties.

The charges came over the course of four trials, and the sentences for all of them add up to 1,313 months in prison, or just under 109 years.

Christian Sayre during a court hearing in Snohomish County. (FOX 13 Seattle)

What they're saying:

"I conclude an exceptional sentence should be imposed because the fact that the defendant's offender score is 45, well above the high end of the range of 9, does mean most of the crimes in this case would go unpunished — free crimes if an exceptional sentence was not extended," said Judge Millie Judge. "There are facts in each separate count that demonstrate such an exceptional sentence is necessary to protect the community from your predatory behavior."

Who is Christian Sayre?

The backstory:

Sayre owned the Anchor Pub in Everett, and was arrested in 2021 after police found DNA evidence linking him to a sexual assault case from the year before.

According to Snohomish County prosecutors, their investigation uncovered dozens of possible victims and predatory behavior dating back more than 20 years. This included hard drives of child pornography, plus a notebook listing more than 30 women — and many of those women named in his notebook came forward and reported being sexually assaulted.

Some of the assaults date as far back as 2001.

"Today’s sentencing reflects the gravity of Christian Sayre’s crimes and honors the strength of the survivors who came forward to ensure he was held accountable," said Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin. "This case is a stark reminder of the importance of victim advocacy, trauma-informed investigations and the power of perseverance in the pursuit of justice."

Sayre has been arrested and charged several times since then, and at one point faced 22 felony charges, though a few of those were dropped during court proceedings. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Sayre is slated at a later date to be extradited to Hillsboro County, Oregon, where he was indicted on even more charges of sexual assault.

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