The man accused of virtually imprisoning a woman and raping her in a Belmont Hyatt Hotel in 2022 for more than a year is facing an additional seven counts.
Ian Kroe, 55, of Oakland, was originally charged with seven felonies: torture, threat, physical elder abuse, elder theft, false imprisonment and two counts of forcible rape. He has now additionally been charged with two counts of forcible rape, three counts of sodomy and three counts of forcible oral copulation, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Kroe allegedly struck up a friendship with the victim — a lifetime friend of his mother — moving from Minnesota to be closer to her after his mother’s death and allegedly draining her accounts, virtually imprisoning her in the Belmont Hyatt Hotel for over a year and raping her numerous times.
In August 2022, after contacting a friend in New Mexico, the police located the victim in severe medical distress at the Hyatt Hotel, according to the District Attorney’s office.
Kroe’s attorney Ross Green declared doubt on whether or not his client is competent to stand trial, and a preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 1. Kroe remains in custody on no bail status.
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