Henry Romero, 34, a male model, is accused of raping a woman in NYC after a night of drinking. Photo / Facebook
A male model accused of raping a woman after a boozy night out in Manhattan is said to have apologised to his alleged victim because he thought he got into bed with her roommate.
Henry Romero, 34, of Queens, New York, is charged with forcing himself upon a sleeping woman on March 21 in their Hells Kitchen apartment.
The woman said she woke up from a deep slumber about 6am to find Romero on top of her and sexually assaulting her, the
But then she said she got a bad feeling from him when he began "acting creepy".
"He said, 'I want you to dance for me - that's why I brought you here" the woman told the Post. "The way he said it was just weird."
She decided to head home leaving Romero at the bar, but that didn't stop him from taking her up on her offer to sleep over.
The woman said she went to get something to eat, then made her way to her apartment in Hells Kitchen.
When she arrived, she found Romero asleep in the living room and her roommate, who was visiting from another country, not in her own bed, but in the woman's bed instead.
The woman said she took her roommate's bed but was woken up a few hours later by the screams of her housemate.
"He went into my room, thinking it was me!' the first woman told the outlet.
She said that after she heard him apologise to her roommate, the shocked housemate yelled that there's no way he could have confused the two woman, since one has black hair, and one has blond hair.
Romero is free on a US$3000 ($4100) bond. He has pleaded not guilty.
The suspect was signed with Abrams Artists Agency. It's unclear if he still is.