According to court documents obtained by KIRO 7, a 16-year-old girl told her therapist that Hansen sexually assaulted her at a Mountlake Terrace home in September.
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A detective contacted Hansen’s wife, who confronted her husband about the allegations, court documents show. She told police that he denied the accusations at first, but eventually admitted to touching the girl inappropriately.
Hansen is deck boss and crew member of the Seattle-based crabbing boat featured on the Discovery Channel show "Deadliest Catch."
The boat’s captain, Sig Hansen, is Edgar Hansen’s brother.
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