She Was Bleeding and Hurt. Then, Police Say, He Raped Her Instead of Getting Help

Rather than seeking medical assistance for a woman hurt in a car crash, a Fort Lauderdale man is accused of sexually assaulting her, according to authorities. 

Brendan Lee Jones, 40, was arrested on sexual battery charges Thursday, according to Broward County jail records. Those charges stem from his alleged victim’s claims that Jones sexually assaulted her on Sept. 15, 2023 after she was in a car accident rather than bringing her to a hospital, a Fort Lauderdale Police Department official confirms to PEOPLE. 

Jones’ DNA turned up on a rape kit processed in 2024, leading to his Thursday arrest, according to a Fort Lauderdale Police Department incident report obtained by WPLG, in which his name is spelled “Brenden.”

The alleged victim told police in an interview that Jones picked her up from a food store near Dillard High School that day, according to the report. 

They were rear-ended as they drove, the woman told police, and she was injured. 

Jones’ friend picked them up after he fled the scene, the woman alleges — but Jones allegedly refused to take her to a hospital despite the fact that she needed to be lifted from the vehicle “because she was in pain and immobile,” per the report. 

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The alleged victim allegedly told Jones and his friend to “take her home if they weren’t going to take her to a hospital.” Instead, she claims they took her to Jones’ home where she fell asleep in his bed. 

The woman told police that she awoke to Jones sexually assaulting her, and that the man made comments like “I can do what I want” and “Open your f—ing legs, you made me crash my car,” the report alleges.

Jones is currently behind bars at Broward Main Jail, according to jail records, where he is being held on $150,000 bond.