Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Prosecutors have charged a Le Roy man with two felonies related to a sexual assault case that originated at a Rochester hotel in July 2021. 

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The criminal complaint filed Tuesday against 48-year-old Brian Bird accuses him of sexually assaulting an adult woman on two occasions in a hotel room on Bandel Rd. in Rochester on July 26. The woman told investigators she and her roommate were on a walk when her roommate talked about the two meeting a man. 

The complaint says Bird then picked up and the victim and her roommate in a van and brought them to the hotel. The victim told police she tried to escape the van but her roommate kept her locked inside. She had also expressed a desire to leave multiple times but was denied, according to the complaint.

The roommate then pulled the victim into the hotel through a side door then into a room where she and Bird blocked the victim from leaving. The complaint states Bird then sexually assaulted the victim and stopped when the victim threatened to throw up. 

The roommate and Bird then engaged in sexual activity and asked the victim to join. She initially rejected joining them but complied after the roommate gave her a “mean look,” according to the complaint. Bird then allegedly sexually assaulted the victim for the second time before brining her and her roommate back to their residence. 

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, resources are available for help. Visit the RAINN website (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) or dial 800-656-HOPE (800-656-4673).

The victim wrote down her account of the reported sexual assault in a letter and corroborated the story during an interview with a Rochester Police Department investigator. Investigators confirmed Bird had been at the hotel with two females on the night of July 26 2021. The roommate told investigators the victim consented to everything that happened that night, according to the complaint. 

Bird is charged first and third degree criminal sexual conduct. He’s been summoned to appear in Olmsted County Court on October 25.

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