FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police officers arrested a 27-year-old man on Thursday who was accused of raping a woman at an Airbnb in Fort Lauderdale.
According to Broward Sheriff’s Office inmate records, Malik Harper, who is 6-foot, 8 inches tall, was at the main jail on Friday in Fort Lauderdale.
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The victim, who was at a sexual assault treatment center, told police officers she went to bed on July 14 at the Airbnb and woke up with Harper raping her.
“The victim stated that she was completely naked and does not know how she ended up this way,” Detective Leon Pabon wrote in the arrest report.
Pabon reported there was a witness in the same room who woke up to the commotion during the sexual assault and there was also DNA evidence.
Harper is facing a charge of sexual battery upon a person 18 years of age or older.