The Arapahoe County Justice Center at 7325 S. Potomac St. in Centennial on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (BusinessDen file photo)
A November trial has been set in the case of a local insurance executive charged with sexually assaulting a child.
Charles “Chuck” McDaniel, 61, of Cherry Hills Village, pleaded not guilty in a Friday afternoon arraignment before Judge Theresa Slade in an Arapahoe County courthouse.
Charles “Chuck” McDaniel (Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office)
McDaniel did not speak in the hearing, which lasted briefly and otherwise focused on selecting dates for upcoming hearings and the trial. The trial was set for four days starting Nov. 6.
McDaniel’s attorney, Harvey Steinberg of Springer & Steinberg, verbalized his plea in the courtroom and declined to comment after the proceedings.
McDaniel, whose LinkedIn profile says he is a senior managing director with California-based Alliant Insurance Services, was charged with the two counts in February. The charge applies to “any sexual contact” with an individual less than 15 years old if the perpetrator is at least four years older, according to state code.
Friday was his third time in a courtroom due to the case. At his initial hearing in February, bond was set at $50,000. McDaniel was led away in handcuffs to be booked into jail, and quickly posted it.
A mid-April hearing focused on whether prosecutors had enough evidence to move forward. Arapahoe County Judge James Xavier Quinn, overseeing the case at the time, ruled that prosecutors did, although he cautioned that at such an early stage in the case he was weighing the evidence in a light favorable to prosecutors.
The April hearing also hinted at the specifics of McDaniel’s planned defense. The case revolves around his actions while giving massages to a 14-year-old stepdaughter, with whom McDaniel lived. Steinberg, his attorney, described the child in court as troubled and emotionally unstable. Steinberg said the child was aligned with her father in the midst of a contentious divorce between her father and her mother, who remarried McDaniel.
McDaniel’s charges are both class three felonies that carry a minimum sentence of four years and a maximum sentence of 12.
McDaniel previously worked for Kansas City-based Lockton Cos. for more than two decades, serving as CEO of the Mountain West region from 2000 to 2018. McDaniel resigned from Lockton in early 2019, joined Alliant and was quickly followed by other Lockton employees.
Multiple lawsuits were filed. Court documents in one case state that, to convince McDaniel to join Alliant, the firm “offered him guaranteed compensation worth nearly $20 million,” with the potential to earn an additional $15 million, although the firm expected McDaniel would use some of that money to induce other Lockton employees to join him.
The Arapahoe County Justice Center at 7325 S. Potomac St. in Centennial on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (BusinessDen file photo)
A November trial has been set in the case of a local insurance executive charged with sexually assaulting a child.
Charles “Chuck” McDaniel, 61, of Cherry Hills Village, pleaded not guilty in a Friday afternoon arraignment before Judge Theresa Slade in an Arapahoe County courthouse.
Charles “Chuck” McDaniel (Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office)
McDaniel did not speak in the hearing, which lasted briefly and otherwise focused on selecting dates for upcoming hearings and the trial. The trial was set for four days starting Nov. 6.
McDaniel’s attorney, Harvey Steinberg of Springer & Steinberg, verbalized his plea in the courtroom and declined to comment after the proceedings.
McDaniel, whose LinkedIn profile says he is a senior managing director with California-based Alliant Insurance Services, was charged with the two counts in February. The charge applies to “any sexual contact” with an individual less than 15 years old if the perpetrator is at least four years older, according to state code.
Friday was his third time in a courtroom due to the case. At his initial hearing in February, bond was set at $50,000. McDaniel was led away in handcuffs to be booked into jail, and quickly posted it.
A mid-April hearing focused on whether prosecutors had enough evidence to move forward. Arapahoe County Judge James Xavier Quinn, overseeing the case at the time, ruled that prosecutors did, although he cautioned that at such an early stage in the case he was weighing the evidence in a light favorable to prosecutors.
The April hearing also hinted at the specifics of McDaniel’s planned defense. The case revolves around his actions while giving massages to a 14-year-old stepdaughter, with whom McDaniel lived. Steinberg, his attorney, described the child in court as troubled and emotionally unstable. Steinberg said the child was aligned with her father in the midst of a contentious divorce between her father and her mother, who remarried McDaniel.
McDaniel’s charges are both class three felonies that carry a minimum sentence of four years and a maximum sentence of 12.
McDaniel previously worked for Kansas City-based Lockton Cos. for more than two decades, serving as CEO of the Mountain West region from 2000 to 2018. McDaniel resigned from Lockton in early 2019, joined Alliant and was quickly followed by other Lockton employees.
Multiple lawsuits were filed. Court documents in one case state that, to convince McDaniel to join Alliant, the firm “offered him guaranteed compensation worth nearly $20 million,” with the potential to earn an additional $15 million, although the firm expected McDaniel would use some of that money to induce other Lockton employees to join him.
