Two Gainesville students face sexual assault allegations

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Two men with ties to the University of Florida who were recently the subject of separate sexual assault investigations were arrested after officers from the Gainesville Police Department determined there was probable cause to recommend charges.

Oscar Vargas, a 19-year-old Santa Fe College student and former president of social events at the UF fencing club, was arrested Tuesday after admitting to police that he sexually assaulted an acquaintance over the summer.

According to Vargas’ criminal complaint, on June 17, he invited a former girlfriend to his home where the two watched television and discussed, over a bottle of rum, his declining relationship with another man.

The woman told police that after Vargas made a number of sexually suggestive remarks, she told him, unequivocally, that she was not interested in rekindling a romance or engaging in a relationship. sexual with him.

As the night wore on, the woman told police Vargas finally put her phone out of hand so that she wouldn’t text while intoxicated. After consuming enough alcohol to feel unsteady on her feet, dizzy and disoriented, Vargas escorted her to her room. She passed out on her bed shortly after.

Losing consciousness overnight, the woman told police she woke up to find Vargas grabbing her by the hair and forcing her to perform oral sex. She remembers trying to push him away.

Texting each other months later, Vargas told the woman that she performed oral sex that night, but mistook it for her boyfriend on several occasions. Despite his confusion, Vargas said he allowed her to continue.

During an interview at GPD headquarters on Tuesday, Vargas admitted that because the woman was unable to distinguish him from her boyfriend, the sex was not consensual. After expressing remorse and telling the police officer that he knew what he had done was wrong, he was arrested for sexual assault.

Vargas has been released from Alachua County Jail on $ 100,000 bond and plans to plead not guilty, according to Sara Tat, his public defender.

Michael Nanosky Jr., 20, of Boca Raton was arrested in early July after police said he sexually assaulted another UF student this spring. According to his LinkedIn profile, he began his role as president of philanthropy for UF’s Theta Chi fraternity a month later. On December 3, he announced on social media that he had been reappointed for the spring semester.

The woman told police that before she left a party on March 19 at a bar in downtown Gainesville, Nanosky pressured her to have another drink. She reported that before the drink at the bar, she had only consumed two White Claw drinks.

After accepting Nanosky’s drink, she noticed the odd taste of the red-colored shot and passed out until she regained consciousness as he assaulted her, according to the complaint.

She passed out again and her next memory was waking up in her dormitory at 4 a.m.

Sore and topless with an upset stomach and a vague memory of Nanosky bringing her home, she told police she was then able to piece together what happened. She had a panic attack when she realized she had been sexually assaulted, she told police, noting that it looked like a nightmare.

His friends who witnessed the complaint provided further details of the night.

A friend told police the woman could barely hold a conversation or walk right after the drinks and described her change in behavior as a switch on. After realizing that the woman and Nanosky had left the bar, the friend was able to place the woman’s phone near Nanosky’s apartment using Snapchat’s locate feature.

Another friend at the party said that after Nanosky and the woman left the bar, the woman did not answer repeated phone calls. The friend told police it was unusual for the woman not to answer her phone. The friend reported that the woman said she was not interested in pursuing sex with Nanosky.

A third person present that night described a subsequent phone call with Nanosky where he inquired about the woman’s comments about the previous night. According to this person, Nanosky said the two had had sex.

The woman reported the rape to police on June 24 and an arrest warrant was issued. Nanosky was arrested a week later by Palm Beach Sheriff’s deputies. He was released the same day after posting a $ 250,000 bond set by the judge. The state attorney’s office previously recommended $ 150,000 bail.

Since Nanosky’s arrest in July, movement in the case appears to have stopped. Although he has not yet been formally charged by the state prosecutor’s office with a felony, a prosecutor has been assigned to the case.

Nanoksy’s attorney, Richard Buzan of Musca Law, declined to comment on the case.

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