{"id":51713,"date":"2025-11-18T21:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51713\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:15:08","slug":"19-year-old-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-woman-near-universal-citywalk-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51713\/","title":{"rendered":"19-year-old accused of sexually assaulting woman near Universal CityWalk Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman near Universal CityWalk Orlando on Monday, according to an arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said they responded around 1 p.m. to a report of a possible sex crime on the sidewalk outside of Universal CityWalk Orlando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The victim told the officer she exited CityWalk near Margaritaville around 1 p.m. and was walking alone along the sidewalk toward the Universal Orlando hotels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said while walking under a bridge, an unknown man on a bright blue e-bike approached her from the left when she moved closer to the right side of the path to let him pass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Instead of passing, the man slowed down and, without dismounting, reached his right hand between her legs and grabbed her genital area over her shorts. The victim was wearing thin yoga shorts and felt the suspect\u2019s finger penetrate her through the fabric, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[EXCLUSIVE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/features\/2021\/07\/28\/heres-what-it-means-to-become-a-news-6-insider-its-cool-and-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Become a News 6 Insider (it\u2019s FREE)<\/a>| PINIT!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2023\/04\/12\/changes-have-arrived-to-pinit-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Share your photos<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The victim told police that she immediately shouted, \u201cDon\u2019t touch me!\u201d before the suspect rode away toward the resort area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Shortly after, the victim found the suspect lying near some bushes on the left side of the path with his pants down, masturbating, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The victim told police that when he saw her with her cellphone out, he said, \u201cOh, sh*t!\u201d pulled his pants up, and rode away on the e-bike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The victim returned to the CityWalk security screening area and called the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the affidavit, provided a photograph she took of him the suspect at the scene and provided a physical description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Orlando police said that Universal Orlando security located a man matching the suspect\u2019s description riding near Hollywood Way and Turkey Lake Road. Orlando police then made contact with the suspect and placed him under arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">While making a court appearance, the suspect\u2019s father alleged that his son has been diagnosed under the Baker Act and has mental health issues. Because of that, News 6 has decided not to show the suspect\u2019s photo or name him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 19-year-old faces charges of sexual battery and exposure of sexual organs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman near Universal CityWalk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[265,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-51713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-crime","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51713","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=51713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}