A Georgia tourist was repeatedly raped by a “predator” who lured her to his tony Greenwich Village brownstone with promises of stunning views of the Empire State Building, police sources told The Post.
The 41-year-old victim was approached by Benjamin Gordon, 42, on the street, and he convinced her to go to a Manhattan bar with him just after midnight Monday, the sources said.
After one drink, Gordon invited her to see the view from the multimillion-dollar apartment he shares with his fiancée on leafy Washington Square North, the sources said.
“He appears to be a predator,” said one police source. “They didn’t have a dinner-and-dance-type night. They had one drink, and it was, like, ‘Do you want to see the sights?’ ”
Once inside the apartment, the woman got spooked and told Gordon she was leaving. But he stopped her and asked, “Have you ever been violated before?” sources said.
Then he allegedly put her in a bear hug while she screamed, “No, no, no!”
“You can have the hard option or the soft option,” Gordon allegedly seethed before raping her three times while wearing condoms.
After each assault, he made her wash herself in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence, the sources said.
He then took a picture of her driver’s license and let her leave, sources said.
The victim immediately reported the attacks, and detectives arrested Gordon that same night.
Gordon, who tutors students at Lehman College, was charged with rape, criminal sexual act and sexual abuse. His lawyer, Eric Franz, denied the allegations.
Gordon told the Post yesterday that the woman was upset because she couldn’t spend the night with him.
He said they went out for Cabernet Sauvignon at Le Souk in Soho and bought marijuana at Washington Square Park before getting intimate on his rooftop.
Then, Gordon said, he told her to leave. “I said, ‘My girlfriend is downstairs. She would kill you if she found out.’ ”
Gordon’s fiancée, Charlotte Schioler, posted $100,000 bail after his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Schioler said they have an “open relationship.”
Additional reporting by Erin Calabrese