After being charged with rape five days earlier, a UF campus employee was fired Tuesday.
At about 3 a.m. Friday, Eric Javonta Garvin, 23, drove a woman home after a night of drinking and then sexually assaulted her, according to a police report.
Garvin, who started working at Einstein Bros. Bagels in 2012, came into work later that day, said UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes.
The woman Garvin assaulted drank four mixed drinks at several downtown bars before blacking out at a friend’s house, according to the report.
She felt sick throughout the night and almost threw up before getting into Garvin’s car for a ride home, according to the report.
The drive was her last clear memory before regaining consciousness as Garvin raped her on her living room floor, according to the report.
When asked what he was doing, Garvin told her he was almost finished before he ejaculated, according to the report.
Garvin told police he considered the sex to be consensual. Friday afternoon, he texted the woman, “I knew you were drunk. But I thought you were interested a little. I didn’t do it on purpose,” according to the report.
Police arrested Garvin on a charge of sexual assault and took him to the Alachua County Jail where he was released Monday on a $25,000 bond.
He was fired Tuesday after missing three days of work, and he is banned from campus, Sikes said.
Contact Martin Vassolo at mvassolo@alligator.org and follow him on Twitter @martindvassolo.
Eric Garvin, 23, was fired from working at UF's Einstein Bros. Bagels Tuesday after police charged him with sexual assault five days earlier. He had worked there since 2012.
