BLOOMINGTON – Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his apartment.
Police arrested 28-year-old Shubham Bipin Kumar on charges of rape when the victim is unaware of the defendant’s actions, a Level 3 felony, and rape when the victim is mentally disabled or deficient, also a Level 3 felony.
Bloomington Police began their investigation on Sunday, August 6 after police were alerted a woman was being treated at IU Health Hospital after being sexually assaulted.
The woman told police she and Kumar were both at a local bar when Kumar, a stranger, approached her and offered some kind of “pink alcoholic drink.” The woman drank the beverage. Later Kumar attempted to kiss the woman but she pulled away and told him “She didn’t do one-night stands.”
Later the woman said she began feeling “very intoxicated” and wanted to leave. She told Kumar she wanted to go home and he offered to get her an Uber.
According to court documents, Kumar then walked the woman to the front door; she had put her arm over his shoulder to get down the stairs so “she wouldn’t fall.” The woman gave Kumar her address because he was getting an Uber for her to go home.
Kumar however told the Uber driver to take them to his apartment. Once there, the woman said she fell asleep in a bedroom but detailed several instances of sexual contact that she didn’t consent to.
She told police her clothes were off even though she remembered falling asleep “with all her clothes on.”
Eventually, she had Kumar call another Uber to take her home. She instead had the driver take her to the hospital, where she told nurses and law enforcement what happened.
Police interviewed Kumar, who admitted to sexually fondling the woman and told investigators she “performed oral sex on him.” He said she never told him “no”.
