{"id":407518,"date":"2026-09-22T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407518\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:14:09","slug":"nobody-can-see-what-i-do-to-you-new-report-details-alleged-port-st-lucie-mri-assault-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407518\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Nobody can see what I do to you’: New report details alleged Port St. Lucie MRI assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A traveling X-ray technician accused of sexually assaulting a patient at HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital<\/a> allegedly told her, \u201cNobody can see what I can do to you,\u201d before bringing her into an MRI room, according to a Port St. Lucie police report.<\/p>\n

CBS12 News previously reported the arrest of Gabriel Cruz, 42, a traveling X-ray technician<\/a> accused of sexually assaulting a patient at HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital. He faces a first-degree felony charge of sexual battery involving a physically helpless or incapacitated victim.<\/p>\n

The criminal complaint says on Sept. 14, shortly after 8 a.m., officers responded to HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital after a patient reported that an X-ray technician had sexually assaulted her, the report states.<\/p>\n

Officers met with the hospital\u2019s director of patient safety, who said the patient reported being sexually assaulted by a male Hispanic X-ray technician during the time of her MRI.<\/p>\n

The patient told investigators that Spanish is her primary language and that she had been admitted to the hospital after experiencing fainting spells and two falls that caused her to hit her head.<\/p>\n

See also: Boynton woman accused of stealing $4,300 in skip-scan theft scheme that cost BJ’s $18,000<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the report, the patient was transported from her room for an MRI at about 4 p.m. on Sept. 13. She said medication made her drowsy and that she drifted in and out of sleep. She described the technician as a Hispanic man with a medium build who spoke Spanish and wore a blue shirt.<\/p>\n

The patient told police that after the MRI, she fell asleep. When she woke up, she alleged the technician had sexually assaulted her and was rubbing her hair. The report states that he then cleaned her mouth with a white towel. Another person later transported the patient back to her room.<\/p>\n

Hospital staff identified the technician as Gabriel Cruz, a traveling X-ray technician who had been under contract at the hospital since August, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Police said surveillance video does not show inside the MRI room because there are no cameras there. However, the report states the video showed that Cruz was the only person in the room with the patient during that time.<\/p>\n

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital released a statement that said: <\/p>\n

We do not tolerate behavior that jeopardizes the safety or security of our patients. When this serious allegation was reported to us, we contacted law enforcement and ended the individual\u2019s assignment. We have assisted law enforcement throughout its investigation and remain focused on supporting our patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A traveling X-ray technician accused of sexually assaulting a patient at HCA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-407518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}