ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A bar owner near the University of Georgia has been arrested on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman there.
Athens-Clarke police tell local news outlets they arrested 38-year-old David Ellis Ippisch on Monday. Besides rape, other charges include sexual battery, kidnapping and two counts of battery.
Police say Ippisch assaulted a 21-year-old woman at Hedges on Broad, a bar he owns in downtown Athens, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Investigators say Ippisch is alleged to have pulled a woman into a storage area and assaulted her there. Police say the man grabbed the woman by the neck and forced here to drink something from a bottle.
Ippisch remains jailed without bail Wednesday. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer.
Police say Ippisch owns a second Athens bar.
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