Alleged assault live-streamed; suspect charged

A man was arrested after a video appearing to show a woman being sexually assaulted at Opera nightclub was streamed on Face- book Live earlier this month, authorities confirmed.

Atlanta police told Channel 2 Action News that Dominique Williams, 34, turned himself in Tuesday after Atlanta Police Special Victims Unit investigators secured a warrant against him on a charge of aggravated sodomy.

Attorneys for the woman said in a statement that Williams’ arrest “serves as vindication for her and all other women who have been vic- tims of sexual assault.”

On Jan. 20, police said the department received calls from people who had seen the alleged assault on Face- book, AJC.com previously reported.

The next day, police announced they had identified and contacted the man seen in the video, but they didn’t release his name because the investigation was ongoing.

The video streamed on Facebook Live from inside the club on Crescent Avenue in Midtown, “appears to show a woman being sexually assaulted in a local nightclub,” police spokes- man Jarius Daugherty said.

Police said the woman was no longer in Georgia but was cooperating with investigators.

It is AJC.com’s policy to not name victims of sexual assault.

The woman was cele- brating her birthday at the popular nightclub and was live streaming the celebration when she captured the attack as it happened, Chan- nel 2 Action News previously reported. She told police someone put drugs in her drink.

In a statement on its Face- book page, management for Opera nightclub said it is cooperating with the investigation.