York Regional Police imagine there are extra victims after a Vaughan man was charged with a historic sexual assault and extortion.
On February 3, 2024, the sufferer reported that she met the accused on a courting app in 2018 and the pair engaged in consensual {sex} on the sufferer’s residence. In some unspecified time in the future within the evening, the accused sexually assaulted the sufferer with out her consent, police stated.
In August 2019, the accused turned up on the sufferer’s residence and compelled her to carry out a sexual act, then demanded she pay him a sum of cash to go away her house. Fearful, the sufferer complied and the accused left. On the time, the sufferer was too scared to report the incidents to police, police stated.
Investigators imagine there could also be different victims who haven’t but come ahead and they’re being urged to contact police as quickly as potential.
Israil Rassuli, 32, of Vaughan has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, extortion, assault, and theft beneath $5,000.
Rassuli has been launched on bail situations and is scheduled to seem on the Ontario Courtroom of Justice in Newmarket on March 12, 2024.
A sexual assault consists of any non-consensual contact of a sexual nature. York Regional Police wish to encourage anybody who feels they might have been a sufferer of a sexual assault to come back ahead and report the incident to police.
There isn’t a statute of limitations for sexual offences and offenders might be prosecuted nicely after the date of the offence. In case you are the survivor of sexual assault, you may report the incident on-line if you’re not in fast hazard; the one who assaulted you shouldn’t be current; there isn’t any proof current that could be collected by police (blood, semen, saliva, and many others.); and you’ve got entry to a personal electronic mail handle, to which the suspect doesn’t. Bodily proof might be collected for as much as 12 days after the sexual assault has occurred
If somebody shouldn’t be able to report, nevertheless is looking for help, please contact York Area Sufferer Companies or the Ladies’s Help Community. Extra assets and data might be discovered on our web site.
Anybody with info is requested to name the York Regional Police Sexual Assault and Crimes In opposition to Kids Unit at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7071. Data can be offered anonymously by way of Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS or by leaving an nameless tip on-line at www.1800222tips.com.
