Security Guard Charged with Sexually Assaulting Trans Woman

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WSVN. The report says the victim told him to stop, but he continued and turned her over, pulling down her pants and penetrating her.

Eventually he stopped, and she was able to pull up her pants and leave the bathroom.According to the police report, the woman and her friends later confronted Cavani, who reportedly responded, “I’m sorry, I thought it was cool,” to which the victim reportedly replied, “I kept on telling you no.”The trans woman went to Miami police headquarters to file a police report.Police later interviewed Cavani, who told officers he believed the encounter had been consensual, and sought to explain what had happened in the stall, claiming he would never force himself on anyone, according to Miami ABC affiliate WPLG.According to the police report, Cavani said the pair went by the bathrooms to a corner to make out, at which point he began touching her through her clothing.

He then took her to the bathroom, pulled down her pants and penetrated her.“He stated he never heard her say anything but he did realize that there was a moment where she stood up, said no and pulled her pants up to leave,” the investigating officer wrote in the report.Cavani reportedly told police he thought everything was “cool” because the victim was “kissing him” and touching his genitals.

He said he “thought she wanted to have sex and it’s why he took her into the bathroom.”Juan Marcos Rancaño, the bar’s co-founder and co-owner, told WSVN that Cavani worked for a security company that the bar subcontracted, but following the incident, severed ties with the company.