A Hopkinsville man is facing numerous charges, including first-degree rape and second-degree assault, after he allegedly forced a woman to have sex with him under threat of physical violence.
According to the Hopkinsville police report, 40-year-old Leon Davie of Hopkinsville is alleged to have attacked a female victim, hitting her in the head with a lamp and a liquor bottle multiple times and taking her phone and keys from her. He’s also accused of choking her twice to the point she could not breathe, and marks were visible around her neck hours later.
He reportedly would not let her leave the residence and said the only way she could leave was if she had sex with him—she complied under fear of more physical violence.
He allegedly allowed her to leave later but kept her cellphone. A search of the residence revealed that Davie allegedly moved or cleaned up evidence.
Davie was arrested and charged with first-degree rape, second-degree assault, kidnapping, first-degree strangulation, intimidating a participant in the legal process and tampering with physical evidence.