Hotel security ‘DID NOTHING as elderly woman was dragged by hair and raped by predator’
HOTEL security staff allegedly did nothing as an elderly woman was dragged by her hair and raped.
The predator stormed the Rodeway Inn in Miami-Dade County, Florida, before attacking the 67-year-old in the hallway.
CCTV footage shows the victim being yanked by her hair and then hauled into an elevator on July 10.
She is said to have "screamed for her life" as the man "savagely beat" and "strangled" her before then being sexually assaulted.
Attorney Justin Shapiro has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the hotel after CCTV footage appeared to reveal staff members watched the horror unfold and failed to step in.
He told WPLG Local 10: "This is one of the worst breakdowns in hotel security we have ever seen.
"Our client was savagely beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled in the hallways of the hotel.
"And what's most shocking about this is that the hotel's representatives knew this was happening. They were there.
"She's screaming for her life and they froze."
'BLOODIED AND BATTERED'
The victim, who was on vacation with her husband, was "choked to the point of vision loss and loss of consciousness" then left "bloodied and battered", according to her nephew.
She suffered a brain bleed, broken ribs, collapsed lungs and has a serious brain injury and had to undergo eight-hour surgery "to save her life".
Police arrested 22-year-old Travon Smith over the attack.
He faces four charges of burglary with assault or battery, kidnapping, sexual battery and felony battery.
Cops said Smith punched the woman's husband as he opened his hotel room door before "biting him on the back of his neck".
The lawsuit states the victim was "screaming for help but neither the hotel representatives nor the security guard took any action whatsoever".
They are said to have "watched this attack unfold less than five feet away".
Shapiro said: "There are no words. This is one of the most savage attacks I have ever seen.
"Her face was bitten, her head was smashed into the floor as he was coercing her into oral sex.
"She is now an absolute mess as you can imagine."