A man from Miami Gardens allegedly acted like he was the manager of Sexyy Red to lure a woman from a South Florida strip club.
According to Local 10 News, Vladimir Joseph, 41, took the woman to his residence, where he reportedly coerced her into using cocaine at gunpoint before assaulting her for “several hours,” according to local law enforcement. Joseph is now facing charges of armed sexual battery and false imprisonment with a weapon. The news outlet also reports that his arrest warrant identifies him as a “promoter.”
According to law enforcement, the individual involved was assisting with an event for Sexyy Redd that held at the strip club named Booby Trap. The report from the arrest indicates that while the victim was waiting outside, a man, later identified as Joseph, drove up in a gray Lexus and introduced himself as “Alexander Beamer,” claiming to be Sexyy Red’s manager. The police noted that the woman, along with three men, entered the vehicle, and Joseph drove to his house. At that location, authorities reported that Joseph held a gun to the victim’s head and forced her to take cocaine.
“Take it or I will kill you,” Joseph is accused of telling her.
He “then made her walk upstairs” where he raped her “for several hours,” the report states.
Police said Joseph “recorded her performing sex acts on him” with two cellphones, then “forced the victim to take a shower and continued sexually assaulting her again.”
Following the assault, Joseph arranged for a Lyft to take her home, as detailed in the report. Authorities indicated that he sent the ride information to her phone, enabling her to identify both the location of the assault and the perpetrator.
She was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she received care at the Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center, where medical professionals collected a rape kit. According to police, the woman tested positive for drugs. While specific details regarding DNA findings were omitted from the arrest report, investigators noted that she successfully identified Joseph in a photo lineup as her attacker.
On Tuesday, Joseph appeared at the Miami Gardens Police Department accompanied by his attorney to turn himself in to law enforcement.