Dakota Valkyrie
March 4th, 2009, 07:49 AM
http://i44.tinypic.com/24c8xlv.jpgA Coon Rapids (Minn.) bar bouncer has been charged after allegedly raping a woman and assaulting another inside the club bathroom last Friday.
Russel William Ruzin, a 37-year-old bouncer at the Rapids Bar and Grill, grabbed a female customer and pulled her into a family bathroom and locked the door.
The woman said he locked the door and forced himself upon her, pushing her up against the bathroom sink.
After leaving the bathroom, the victim told her friends she had been assaulted by the bouncer. As they left, the victim and one of her friends heard Ruzin saying he "hoped he didn't make her boyfriend mad."
The victim went to Mercy Hospital, where authorities noted bruises and other signs of injury consistent with a sexual assault.
When police arrested Ruzin on Saturday, he initially claimed he had not had sex with anyone at the bar the previous night. Informed that his alleged victim had gone to the hospital, he admitted to the encounter but claimed it was consensual.
The charges also allege that Ruzin also committed third-degree assault on the girlfriend of one of the bar's other bouncers that evening.http://wcco.com/crime/bouncer.sexual.assault.2.949211.html
The events began Friday evening as Ruzin talked and joked with a 22-year-old female customer at the bar with three of her friends. He told her he was watching her and made a comment about underwear.
About 1 a.m. Saturday, the woman went to the bathroom alone. As she talked to Ruzin on her way back to her friends, he grabbed her and pulled her into a nearby bathroom, saying, "Come on girl," the complaint said.
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While police were investigating, a second woman — the co-worker's girlfriend — told them Ruzin had attempted to attack her.
The 42-year-old woman told police Ruzin followed her into the employee bathroom and pulled her pants off sometime early Saturday. She pushed him away and was able to leave the bathroom, the complaint said.
During an interview with investigators, Ruzin said that he and the co-worker's girlfriend had kissed and touched, but he maintained that it was consensual.http://www.twincities.com/ci_11830363
Russel William Ruzin, a 37-year-old bouncer at the Rapids Bar and Grill, grabbed a female customer and pulled her into a family bathroom and locked the door.
The woman said he locked the door and forced himself upon her, pushing her up against the bathroom sink.
After leaving the bathroom, the victim told her friends she had been assaulted by the bouncer. As they left, the victim and one of her friends heard Ruzin saying he "hoped he didn't make her boyfriend mad."
The victim went to Mercy Hospital, where authorities noted bruises and other signs of injury consistent with a sexual assault.
When police arrested Ruzin on Saturday, he initially claimed he had not had sex with anyone at the bar the previous night. Informed that his alleged victim had gone to the hospital, he admitted to the encounter but claimed it was consensual.
The charges also allege that Ruzin also committed third-degree assault on the girlfriend of one of the bar's other bouncers that evening.http://wcco.com/crime/bouncer.sexual.assault.2.949211.html
The events began Friday evening as Ruzin talked and joked with a 22-year-old female customer at the bar with three of her friends. He told her he was watching her and made a comment about underwear.
About 1 a.m. Saturday, the woman went to the bathroom alone. As she talked to Ruzin on her way back to her friends, he grabbed her and pulled her into a nearby bathroom, saying, "Come on girl," the complaint said.
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While police were investigating, a second woman — the co-worker's girlfriend — told them Ruzin had attempted to attack her.
The 42-year-old woman told police Ruzin followed her into the employee bathroom and pulled her pants off sometime early Saturday. She pushed him away and was able to leave the bathroom, the complaint said.
During an interview with investigators, Ruzin said that he and the co-worker's girlfriend had kissed and touched, but he maintained that it was consensual.http://www.twincities.com/ci_11830363