Gainesville Police arrested a local man Friday following accusations that he and another man picked up a woman from a Midtown bar, took her to a hotel and raped her.
Officers arrested 21-year-old Jaser Almutair on charges of sexual battery, according to an arrest report.
A second suspect has not been arrested.
At about 2:20 a.m. Saturday, Almutair told police he and another man met the victim on the dance floor of Gator City. She was too drunk to remember her name or where she lived, he said.
Almutair said they were going to take her home, but she made a sexual reference so they decided to take her to a hotel, according to the report. He denied the victim ever said no.
In the hotel bathroom, the victim tried to call her friend for help, but her phone was dead. She told police she remembered vomiting and feeling scared — she didn’t know where she was, according to the report.
She told police she eventually laid on one of the beds, and both men forced themselves on her despite her protests.
Afterward, the two men bought food at a Burger King drive-thru and dropped her off at her apartment, according to the report.
Officers booked Almutair into the Alachua County Jail at 11:56 p.m., where he remained as of press time in lieu of a $1 million bond.
[A version of this story ran on page 5 on 4/2/2014 under the headline "Man picks up woman at Gator City, charged with sexual battery"]
