A Chicago police officer and mixed martial artist should be fired from his role after raping and physically abusing his teenage girlfriend, a watchdog ruled.
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Officer Alberto Rodriguez, 37, faces dismissal after a report was released this week by the Windy City's Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA).
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According to the report seen by the Daily Mail, Rodriguez met the girl in July of 2018 when he was invited to her 18th birthday by her brother who he knew from a gym.
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The woman told COPA that by the following spring they were in a sexual relationship which soon turned abusive, the report said.
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It only ended when she had to be rescued from his home in August of 2019 after he held her against her will, she told investigators.
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The report found evidence that Rodriguez plied the girl with alcohol while she was under age and that he also raped her on numerous occasions.
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During one incident, it was found that he told the girl: 'You're going to get used to it.
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It hurts now but you're going to get used to it.'
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Allegations that he threatened to influence an investigation into her brother if she refused to have sex with him were not upheld by investigators.
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Rodriguez labels himself as 'The Enforcer' in the octagon in a nod to his work as a police officer.
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According to Tapology he holds a pro record of five wins, three losses.
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Officer Alberto Rodriguez, 37, faces dismissal after a report was released this week by the Windy City's Civilian Office of Police Accountability
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According to the report seen by the Daily Mail, Rodriguez met the girl in July of 2018 when he was invited to her birthday by her brother who he knew from a gym
The girl gave a statement to investigators in 2019 where she told officials that the two met at her 18th birthday party in July of 2018.
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According to the girl, Rodriguez was invited to the party by her brother due to the two training at the same gym.
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In August of 2018 she said the two followed each other on social media, and on New Years Eve he asked her to go out with him.
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She said that some of the sexual encounters between the pair were consensual but that others were not.
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The girl told investigators that before one of his fights he sexually assaulted her without wearing a condom.
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She said that she tried to turn him down for fears of getting pregnant, to which he told her: 'That's not a reason to not have sex,' before he raped her.
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While at a restaurant in August of 2019 prior to taking a trip to Mexico for three weeks, Rodriguez told her he was worried that men would approach her on her trip.
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After returning to his home, the girl told investigators that he wanted to have sex to which she refused.
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She said that he then pushed her against a wall and took her car keys from her before again sexually assaulting her with her arms restrained behind her back.
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Rodriguez, left, labels himself as 'The Enforcer' in the octagon in a nod to his work as a police officer
The girl gave a statement to investigators in 2019 where she told officials that the two met at her 18th birthday party in July of 2018
Despite the girl telling him that he was hurting her, she told investigators that Rodriguez continued to assault her.
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After returning to Chicago weeks later, during which she said Rodriguez kept her car, he again raped her and told her: 'That's what happens when you leave.'
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The two went for dinner after her return where she told investigators that he bought her cocktails despite knowing she was underage.
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He then drove the pair to his home and raped her again, it was found.
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The girl called her mother crying but did not tell her the full story over fears her brother would try to fight Rodriguez, who she said carried a gun.
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She agreed with her mother to pick her up, but an enraged Rodriguez is said to have then taken her phone from her and turned it, he then pushed her in the face so hard her nose ring came out, the report found.
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Rodriguez then refused to let her leave the apartment she said and when officers arrived on the scene he refused to open the door.
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She said that she eventually left with officers and went to the hospital after the ordeal where she confided in a nurse that he raped her.
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Images contained in the report show multiple bruises to her legs, arms and wrists after that night.
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After leaving the hospital, the girl told investigators that she blocked him on all social media and had no further contact.
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Images contained in the report show multiple bruises to her legs, arms and wrists after that night
In his own statement, Rodriguez contested that all of their sexual interactions were consensual.
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On the last night they spent together, he said he recalled the girl making phone calls before they fell asleep and he later woke up to find police officers in his home.
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COPA also grilled him over the girl's age, to which Rodriguez said he did not recall 'ever knowing her age,' and denied all the allegations.
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The board upheld the majority of the allegations bar two, based on body-worn camera by officers at his home, images of the girls injuries and other statements.
They also found that the girl was a credible witness and managed to corroborate her evidence given to them.
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The report added that they found no evidence of a motive for the girl to lie about what happened, they also said she suffered mental trauma as a result of what happened.
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Concluding their report, COPA found his behavior 'egregious' and called for him to be fired from the department
The board upheld the majority of the allegations bar two, based on body-worn camera by officers at his home, images of the girls injuries and other statements
Concluding their report, COPA found his behavior 'egregious' and called for him to be fired from the department.
They said: 'COPA has considered Officer Rodriguez’s complimentary and disciplinary history as well as the allegations sustained against him.
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The allegations sustained against Officer Rodriguez are egregious.
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Officer Rodriguez violated Department policy by sexual assaulting and physically abusing on more than one occasion.
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'He violated Department policy by buying alcohol for someone under the age of 21, being intoxicated himself while off duty and in possession of his firearm, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and failing to open his door for officers who responded to his home.
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…and 7 more, not listed.
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