Hero Aurora shooting cop free after allegedly raping, abusing his kids - while ex-wife is jailed over custody battle

https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/cop-lauded-as-hero-following-aurora-
theater-shooting-free-after-allegedly-raping-abusing-his-kids/

A Colorado cop praised as a hero after the 2012 Aurora movie theater 
shooting has been accused of raping his own daughter when she was just 5 
and physically abusing his son — but remains free while the kids’ mother 
is jailed over a custody battle.

Michael Hawkins, 55, was charged in July with six felony counts for 
sexually assaulting a child, and one misdemeanor count for child abuse 
spanning nearly 20 years — allegedly from 2002 to 2021.

He is also accused of molesting the daughters of his ex-wife, Rachel 
Pickrel-Hawkins, and holding their eldest son under water until he almost 
blacked out in 2018 — which the boy thinks was retribution for catching 
Hawkins fondling one of the girls, according to court documents obtained 
by the Denver Gazette.

Pickrel-Hawkins currently has custody of their two youngest sons, 10 and 
13 — they live in a domestic violence shelter — but Hawkins is fighting to 
gain custody of them through a court-ordered reunification therapy 
program.

The therapy is aimed at repairing the children’s relationship with their 
father, but Pickrel-Hawkins has pushed back calling the sessions “nothing 
but manipulation, psychological abuse” and “coercion and gaslighting.”

In July a judge ruled she was interfering, and ordered her to spend seven 
weekends behind bars beginning Aug. 31.

Hawkins, meanwhile, was released on GPS-monitored supervision after 
posting $50,000 bail.

He made headlines for his efforts as one of the first responders to the 
Aurora mass shooting, where 12 people were killed and 70 wounded.

After the massacre, Hawkins testified at the shooter’s trial, where he 
tearfully recalled carrying the body of a six-year-old girl from the 
theater.

Hawkins was left with post-traumatic stress disorder — later medically 
retiring from the Aurora Police Department in 2018 — and allegedly told 
his ex-wife “all of his issues were related to the theater shooting,” 
according to the affidavit.

The initial rape of his daughter purportedly took place in 2012 after he 
responded to the movie theater shooting — but Pickrel-Hawkins told 
investigators “many of the issues existed beforehand.”

After that rape, sexual abuse of his daughter allegedly continued for 
years. His ex-wife’s girls, who he adopted, were also allegedly sexually 
abused for years.

Hawkins “adamantly denies the accusations,” attorney Christopher Estoll 
told the Denver Post, adding that his client had been cooperative 
throughout prosecutors’ investigation.

“The legal process will provide him with the opportunity to present 
additional information related to these allegations in the future,” Estoll 
said.

In an Aug. 1 court filing, Estoll said Pickrel-Hawkins was “not a credible 
witness and is highly manipulative.”

The accusations of violence against Hawkins were not the first.

In 2017, he and three other Aurora police officers were accused of police 
brutality by a woman who claimed she was falsely charged with assaulting a 
police officer.

Video from the incident showed Hawkins kick the woman’s head as the other 
officers held her down.

The city ended up paying the woman $335,000 in damages and dropped the 
charges as part of a settlement.


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