URBANA, Ill. (WAND) – A man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman several times in an apartment.
Investigators say 44-year-old Germel Butler was intoxicated when he began arguing with a woman late Monday about money. The News-Gazette reports he’s charged with demanding that she prostitute herself, then assaulting her when she said no.
Prosecutors say he threw her to the ground after hitting her, then pulled her into a bedroom by the hair. He’s accused of sexually assaulting her again after asking her to prostitute herself a second time, then making her shower.
The woman escaped when a neighbor came to the door to find out what was going on, the newspaper reports, then called police. Butler is accused of hitting that neighbor.
Investigators say police had to bring Butler to he ground when he refused to stop a bike he was riding. They say he asked “why would she do this to me” after police told him he was under arrest.
The News-Gazette says the woman’s arms, legs and back and redness and swelling on them when police found her.
Butler is charged with two aggravated criminal sexual assault counts, aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery. He has a past domestic battery conviction on his record and could face up to 30 years in prison if he’s found guilty.
His bond is set at $500,000 in Champaign County.
