FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 A 59-year-old man who detectives accused of raping a man with disabilities was at the Broward County Main Jail on Sunday afternoon, records show. <\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale police officers arrested Paul John on Thursday, and a judge denied him bond when he appeared in court wearing a suicide prevention vest.<\/p>\n
Police officers met the victim on Dec. 8, 2024, at the Imperial Point Hospital\u2019s emergency room, and he said he was in pain after the rape, records show. <\/p>\n
The victim, who has a phone sharing his location with his mother, was walking to Walgreens on Dec. 6, 2024, when John, who was driving a Chevrolet Camaro, approached him, according to police. <\/p>\n
John \u201coffered\u201d the victim a job, took him to lunch, talked to his mother, who asked him to be patient with his disabilities, and took him to his house in Fort Lauderdale, according to police. <\/p>\n
John paid the victim $15 for cleaning his boat, took him to play pool at a gay strip club in Flagler Village, showed him a gun, brought the victim back to his home, and raped him, according to police. <\/p>\n
The victim later told his mother\u2019s boyfriend and a detective that he feared for his life, according to a police arrest report. <\/p>\n
John had faced similar accusations in a separate incident, according to police. <\/p>\n
John faced a charge of sexual battery committed against a victim who is mentally defective or incapacitated, records show. <\/p>\n
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 to remain anonymous. <\/p>\n
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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