COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man accused of kidnapping and raping several women in Columbus between 2013 and 2024 changed his plea in Franklin County Common Pleas Court Friday.

Michael Davis, 57, pleaded guilty to four counts of rape, ending a trial that began Tuesday.

While out on bond for a 2023 kidnapping and rape case, Michael was accused of kidnapping and raping at least three other women.

A Franklin County Sheriff's detective who took the stand last year said all three women had the same story, which included Michael picking them up around Cleveland Avenue, and as soon as they got in his truck, he allegedly held them at knifepoint.

The detective said Michael reportedly took them back to his home, gave them cocaine and raped them for hours, or at times days.

The attorneys in the case agr

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