| Alternate headline: Known Wolf Hunts in Sheep’s Clothing. |
The 28-year-old victim, whose identity has not been revealed, had just flown in from Salt Lake City and was looking for a cab when Fernando Avila Hernandez, pretending to be an Uber driver and offered to give her a ride to her hotel, NBC Miami reported Thursday.Hernandez then dropped the woman off at a hotel where she alerted the hotel's staff members about the alleged attack. The suspect was later arrested after cops examined surveillance footage and recognized him from an unrelated incident.
Uber told NBC that Hernandez has not worked for them since 2021 and was not authorized to pick up fares. Hernandez is now facing multiple sex raps. His attorney, Bijan Sebastian Parwaresch, told NBC that his client was innocent. "We're highly objecting to the notion of an unconsensual sexual encounter," he said.
| A novel defense. |