Woman sues multiple companies over alleged attempted rape at Brickell apartment, cites security failures

MIAMI – A 62-year-old pistillate who says she was sexually assaulted wrong her Brickell flat earlier this month is suing aggregate companies tied to the SoMa astatine Brickell complex, alleging they failed to supply capable information and allowed her attacker to entree the building.

The woman, referred to successful the suit arsenic Jane Doe to support her identity, filed suit successful Miami-Dade County against respective companies connected to the flat complex, located adjacent the 140 artifact of Southwest 13th Street, according to tribunal documents obtained by Local 10 News connected Tuesday.

The suit filed past Wednesday names GS Brickell Project Owner, LLC, doing concern arsenic SoMa astatine Brickell; Monogram Residential Brickell Project Owner, LLC; Greystar Real Estate Partners GP, LLC; and Greystar Management Services, LLC.

The ailment seeks damages successful excess of $50,000 and alleges that the companies neglected to hole breached information systems, failed to decently unit and equip information personnel, and ignored warnings astir unauthorized individuals accessing the spot — each of which, according to the suit, created conditions that led to the alleged onslaught connected May 4.

According to Miami police, Jorge Armando Ortega, 46, who is listed arsenic stateless successful an apprehension report, was discovered hiding successful a closet wrong the victim‘s flat arsenic she was cleaning aft returning from market shopping.

Authorities said Ortega grabbed the pistillate erstwhile she screamed, covered her mouth, and dragged her into the bedroom, wherever helium began sexually assaulting her.

The study stated that the pistillate told investigators that Ortega licked her breasts without consent and attempted to rape her.

Investigators said she yet fought backmost with scissors that she grabbed from a nightstand, but Ortega struck her repeatedly and overpowered her, according to the report. He past forced her to enactment connected the sofa for hours portion helium smoked cigarettes, drank water, and demanded food, authorities said.

The victim‘s ordeal ended astir midnight erstwhile her lad called.

Police said Ortega warned the unfortunate not to reply and threatened to termination her.

They said helium past fled the country erstwhile helium learned her lad was connected his mode home. Before leaving, constabulary accidental Ortega placed a integrative roseate connected the java array and said, “This is for you.”

The adjacent morning, Ortega was recovered dormant connected the sofa of different flat successful the aforesaid building, according to police.

Two pistillate residents, ages 22 and 24, said they were shocked to observe the antheral successful their surviving room. One of the women said she recovered a container beside him that contained lotion, lighters, and condoms, according to police.

Ortega was arrested connected May 5 and faces aggregate felony charges. Authorities accidental nary of the victims had immoderate anterior transportation to him.

The suit against the building’s ownership and absorption states that Doe was a lawful impermanent connected the property, visiting her lad who lives astatine the complex.

It claims that the defendants “knew oregon should person known” the gathering was located successful an country with expanding convulsive transgression and should person implemented stronger information measures.

According to the complaint, the companies failed to code respective security-related issues, including:

• “Repairing oregon regenerate breached fob entree locks allowing unauthorized introduction connected to the spot adjacent aft being advised of the information breach by the tenants of the property.”

• “Implementing tenable information measures astatine the taxable flat building, adjacent aft being notified of vagrants entering the spot and sleeping connected the hallway floors successful beforehand of tenant’s unit.”

• “Employing an capable information institution to deter, prevent, de-escalate, and/or neutralize transgression attacks.”

• “Selecting information guards who were sufficiently competent to intervene successful the lawsuit of a transgression attack.”

The suit besides alleges that the companies were notified connected Feb. 24 — much than 2 months earlier the battle — by a tenant that vagrants were accessing the gathering done breached introduction systems and sleeping successful hallways.

Despite this warning, the companies allegedly “did thing to close the urgent issue,” and entree points stay broken.

The ailment refers to the fishy arsenic Jose Ortega, but the Miami Police Department listed the suspect’s sanction arsenic Jorge Ortega successful his apprehension report.

Authorities said the unfortunate was treated by Miami Fire Rescue for bruising and cuts to her shoulder. They said she aboriginal identified Ortega successful a constabulary photograph lineup. The suit contends her onslaught was preventable and stemmed from a long-standing disregard for safety.

“Defendants had existent announcement of the dangers posed to residents and guests astatine SoMa, yet failed to instrumentality basal and tenable steps to support them,” the suit states.

The suit remains pending successful Miami-Dade Circuit Court.

As of Tuesday, Ortega was being held without enslaved astatine the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Jail records amusement helium faces charges of attempted intersexual artillery causing superior injury, kidnapping, burglary with battle oregon battery, burglary of an occupied dwelling, and 2 counts of cause possession successful transportation with the case.

A stay-away bid was issued, requiring Ortega to person nary interaction with the 3 victims — directly, indirectly, by email oregon connected societal media. He indispensable besides enactment distant from the flat analyzable wherever the alleged incidents occurred.

The unfortunate who filed the suit is being represented by the Obront, Corey & Schoepp instrumentality firm.

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