A FEMALE nurse stands accused of raping an elderly patient with dementia after she was found naked in the man’s bathroom at 5am.
Nursing home carer Guettie Belizaire, 39, was caught getting dressed as the alleged victim lay in his bed appearing “distraught and confused”, police said.
“She jumped on me and raped me,” the man told cops when they arrived at the Brookshire Assisted Living Facility in Melbourne, Florida, in December.
Belizaire was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting the man, who also has Alzheimer’s, during her overnight shift at the nursing home.
Cops said her co-workers had been looking for Belizaire after noticing she had been absent for more than 90 minutes on December 13.
When officers arrived, she was getting dressed in the patient’s bathroom, according to arrest reports.
Belizaire denied ever being in the room with the victim but provided police with a DNA saliva swab.
The elderly man, who suffers from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, was taken to a nearby hospital where a sexual assault kit was completed.
Police now say results of the kit confirmed the victim’s claim of sexual battery.
Belizaire has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of an elderly person and abuse of an elderly person and was booked into the Brevard County Jail.
It was unclear if Belizaire continued to work at the facility after the accusations or if new protocols were put in place to protect patients.
