MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — An Uber driver is facing charges more than a year after investigators said he offered to give a tourist in Miami a ride, and then sexually assaulted her after she passed out in his car.

The Uber driver, Rafael Martinez, 42, was booked into jail in Miami-Dade County on Tuesday, Oct. 21, on one count of sexual battery of a physically helpless victim, according to jail records.

The incident was first reported to police on Jan. 26, 2024, an arrest affidavit said. The victim told detectives she and a friend were staying at an Airbnb in the Miami Beach area. The two of them had gone to a hotel bar to have drinks the night of the reported assault, on Jan. 25, 2024.

It was around midnight when the victim's friend decided to head back to their Airbnb. The victim stayed behin

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