OCALA, Fla. – A hospital transport driver in north central Florida has been arrested after having sex with a mental health patient.
According to an arrest affidavit, the 18-year-old victim told officers that Kyle Rasmussen, 35, sexually battered her twice while transporting her from a hospital in Gainesville to a recovery center in Ocala in September.
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Police said the victim stated, “that on both occasions she told Rasmussen “no” and tried to fight him off, but was unsuccessful.”
During the investigation, officers said Rasmussen confirmed he picked up the victim at the hospital, and that during the transport, he and the victim discussed having sex.
He then pulled over at a BP gas station and they had sex on the stretcher in the back of the van. He said they then drove to a mall in Ocala where they had sex a second time.
According to the arrest report, “Rasmussen was adamant that the patient had kissed him both times, had undressed herself, and the sex was purely consensual.”
Later in the investigation, officers tried to make contact again with the victim, but a family member said she had been admitted into a mental health facility, and was possibly pregnant from the incident.
Officers wrote they could not determine if the sex was consensual or not but arrested Rasmussen because, “the victim, who was under a mental health hold, was to be securely transported from the custody of a receiving facility to the custody of an accepting mental health treatment center. Rasmussen did violate this statute by his own admission by having sexual intercourse, on two occasions, during the transportation of the victim.”
Rasmussen was charged with sexual misconduct with a mental health patient and booked into the Marion County jail.