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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong>Bradley Cole, 69, died in May 2024 outside the Ashley Inn &; Suites in Lincoln City, following an assault by Roland Evans-Freke, 31, who stole his dog and left the sexagenarian on the ground dying </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong>The alleged killer has been accused of the second-degree murder, manslaughter, assault and robbery of Cole in the parking lot of the hotel</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong>The victim&#8217;s widow, Debra Cole, is suing the suspect&#8217;s business tycoon father, <strong>seeking at least $20 million in damages</strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>The suspect&#8217;s father, Stephen Evans-Freke, a former Wall Street investment banker worth $25 million, is named as a defendant in the suit</strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong>Debra Cole accuses the hotel and Stephen Evans-Freke of being liable for abuse of a vulnerable person due to Bradley&#8217;s age</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong>Lawsuit claims <strong>the wealthy banker&#8217;s son </strong>has a known history of hospitalization in psych units </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong>The hotel and the father were negligent in failing to intervene and prevent Roland&#8217;s &#8216;worsening violent outbursts&#8217;, the lawsuit alleges </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#2d2020;font-size:14px"><strong>The suspect is being held at a state hospital after the court deemed him unfit to aid in his defense</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Debra-and-Bradley-Cole-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480227" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Debra Cole [left], is suing Roland Evans-Freke, the man who allegedly assaulted Bradley Cole, [right], 69, outside of an Ashley Inn &; Suites in Lincoln City <strong>in May 2024. </strong>Cole was walking his dog before the killer demanded he hand his dog over then attacked him to snatch the dog</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The widow of an Oregon man who was beaten to death is suing his alleged killer&#8217;s business tycoon father. <br>Bradley Cole, 69, died in May of last year outside of Ashley Inn &; Suites in Lincoln City after he was assaulted by Roland Evans-Freke, 31, police said. <br>In a lawsuit <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/06/widow-seeks-justice-after-husband-killed-over-dog-at-oregon-coast.html">filed </a>by Cole&#8217;s wife Debra, Evans-Freke is said to have had a history of being hospitalized inside psychiatric units. His father, Stephen Evans-Freke, a former Wall Street investment banker worth $25 million, is named as a defendant in the suit. <br>The suit alleges that the hotel and Stephen Evans-Freke&#8217;s were both negligent in failing to intervene and prevent Roland&#8217;s &#8216;worsening violent outbursts&#8217;. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Roland-Evans-Freke-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480229" style="width:813px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cole&#8217;s alleged killer Roland Evans-Freke [photo], the 31-year-old son of a wealthy Oregon family is Roland Evans-Freke stands accused of the second-degree murder, manslaughter, assault and robbery of Cole in the parking lot of the hotel</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Debra and Bradley Cole, celebrating their 37th wedding anniversary, were staying at the hotel when Cole left to walk their dog on the grounds, when Evans-Freke who had been outside smoking a cigarette and approached Cole, demanding he hand over the dog. <br>Cole refused, Evans-Freke allegedly proceeded to punch and kick the sexagenarian for several minutes before grabbing the dog and leaving the scene . <br>Debra, who was still inside their hotel room at the time, went to investigate after her husband failed to return after 30 minutes.<br>She claims she then saw their dog with a stranger, identified as Roland Evans-Freke and inquired how came into possession of the family pet. When the stranger refused to give the dog back, Debra unclipped the dog&#8217;s collar from the leash and took the pet back to her room. <br>Stepping outside again, Debra found her husband motionless on the sidewalk with a bloodied face, that is<br>when she pointed the man out to two other people who wrestled the man to the ground, while she dialed 911.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bradley-Cole-and-his-daughter-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480230" style="width:818px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Debra and Bradley Cole celebrating their 37th wedding anniversary in May 2024, were staying at Ashley Inn &; Suites in Lincoln City when he was assaulted on the hotel grounds. Bradley failed to return after 30 minutes, so Debra stepped out to investigate &#8211; just in time to spot the alleged killer </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The responding pair of officers after struggling to cuff Evans-Freke, deployed a stun gun to subdue the suspect and place him in custody, according to the lawsuit.<br>Meanwhile Cole had stopped breathing as he lay on the ground, his his right ear severed from the savage attack, according to court records. <br>The lawsuit filed by Debra alleges that the hotel and Evans-Freke&#8217;s father were both negligent in failing to intervene and prevent his &#8216;worsening violent outbursts&#8217;.<br>It adds that Stephen Evans-Freke had both &#8216;enabled and encouraged&#8217; his son&#8217;s behavior since his early years. <br>The suit says the elder Evans-Freke had paid to have his son trained by a three-time world boxing champion, despite his son&#8217;s history of &#8216;violent&#8217; behavior. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Valerie-Evans-Freke-with-her-son-Roland-Evans-Freke1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480231" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Roland is the son of wealthy Wall Street investment banker Stephen Evans-Freke and his wife, former model Valerie Evans-Freke [left]. Suit claims Evans-Freke Sr paid to have his son trained by a three-time world boxing champion, despite his son&#8217;s history of &#8216;violent&#8217; behavior </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is claimed that this behavior extended to an obsession with fighting and martial arts, as well as a collection of knives and guns. <br>The suit said that Evans-Freke moved to Oregon in 2022 and his father paid for him to live in a hotel after finding out his son was staying in a homeless camp. <br>In December of 2023 his father tried to have him committed to a psychiatric hospital but his petition was denied, the suit adds. Roland Evans-Freke was then arrested for allegedly trespassing in Lincoln County, and acting in an &#8216;incoherent&#8217; way, the filing said. <br>At a Comfort Inn in Newport staff had also contacted Evans-Freke&#8217;s father after he was seen talking to himself and carrying knives around the hotel, it is alleged.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Stephen-Evans-Freke-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480239" style="width:819px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Stephen Evans-Freke, [photo], a former Wall Street investment banker, who has claimed that he is worth $25 million, is also named as a defendant in the wrongful death suit filed by the widow of a man whom his adult son beat to death </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A court report says that Stephen Evans-Freke had said his son was suffering from severe paranoia, was &#8216;very violent&#8217; and being told by voices in his head to kill someone.<br>Two days after the petition Roland was then excluded from the Comfort Inn after a violent outburst at his father and staff, court papers said. <br>In April of last year he was staying inside the Ashley Inn with staff receiving numerous complaints about his behavior, the suit said. <br>Debra Cole, who is seeking at least $20 million in damages, accuses the hotel and Stephen Evans-Freke of being liable for abuse of a vulnerable person due to Bradley&#8217;s age.<br>By Oregon state law if a jury agreed to that allegation alone the damages would triple under a state law. <br>Speaking with the outlet the widow said she filed the suit so what happened to her husband doesn&#8217;t happen to anyone else. <br>Roland Evans-Freke stands accused of the second-degree murder, manslaughter, assault and robbery of Cole in the parking lot of the hotel. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Debra-and-Bradley-Cole-with-their-family-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480233" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>69-year-old father and grandfather Bradley Cole<strong> seen [photo], alongside his Debra and children, </strong>died at the scene after the attack by Roland Evans-Freke</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bradley-Cole-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480235" style="width:824px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The couple had been at the hotel to celebrate their wedding anniversary, when Bradley Cole [photo] left to walk their dog on the grounds, leaving his wife of 37 years in their room</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Debra-and-Bradley-Cole-wedding-portrait-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-480234" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Debra Cole&#8217;s lawsuit is seeking at least $20 million in damages. She accuses the hotel and Stephen Evans-Freke liable for abuse of a vulnerable person due to Bradley&#8217;s age</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The suspect who the court <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/06/widow-seeks-justice-after-husband-killed-over-dog-at-oregon-coast.html">found unfit</a> to aid in his defense, has been held inside a state hospital since his arrest last May. At a commitment hearing on Wednesday it was revealed that Evans-Freke suffers from schizophrenia. <br>His defense lawyer said he has suffered a long-standing mental illness and had not been on consistent medication. However, the suspect said he does not believe he is unwell.<br>Roland Evans-Freke was born in New York and raised in Orange County alongside one sibling by their parents Stephen and Valerie Evans-Freke. <br>Stephen Evans-Freke who has worked in the biotechnology industry, also as an investment bank CEO and is a venture capitalist. He married Valerie, a former model, in 1990. The pair are no longer together, but <br>during their divorce in 2022, Stephen in court papers filed in the US Virgin Islands claimed his monthly income is 50K-70K, with a net worth of $25 million. <br></p>

Widow of Oregon man, 69, who was celebrating his wedding anniversary when he was beaten to death by a stranger, 31, on hotel grounds, sues killer’s Wall Street banker dad for $20 million
