https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/dad-drugs-rapes-daughter-met-29936774?utm_source=mirror_newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_evening_newsletter2&utm_medium=emailDad 'drugs and rapes daughter when they meet for first time after her adoption'
Ronald Antinore, 53, made contact over social media with his daughter in August, 2021 before agreeing to meet up with at Clarion Inn & Suites in Clearwater Beach in Florida, US
By Liam BucklerUS News Reporter, Chris Murphy & Joseph Wilkes
12:48, 10 May 2023
A daughter who tracked down her biological dad for a long-awaited emotional reunion was drugged and raped by him just hours later, police said. Ronald Antinore, 53, who is the co-host of an online food review program and also works as a professional wrestling manager under the name of 'Ron Ratcatcher', made contact over social media with his daughter in August, 2021. They agreed to meet up at Clarion Inn & Suites in the city of Clearwater Beach in Florida, US. The daughter, who had been “given up for adoption as an infant” by Antimore, travelled to meet him “after learning of his identity and connecting with him on social media platforms,” according to court filings.
After the two got in touch, she reportedly travelled to Pinellas County, Florida State, to meet Antinore and spend the day together. The arrest documents allege they had spent the day together and “consumed alcoholic beverages” throughout, before returning to returning to a hotel room at the Clarion Inn and Suites Central that Antinore had booked for the woman. When they got inside, they both took LSD, after which Antinore forced himself onto her, according to police records. It is claimed she told investigators she had become “physically unable to resist” Antinore, who engaged in a series of sexual acts while “she was laying on the bed,” according to a criminal complaint.
The victim reportedly could not resist at first, but after the substance's effects began to wear off, she was able to jump off the bed and lock herself in the bathroom.
She then called her boyfriend, who immediately dialled the hotel and the police department and demanded immediate assistance for the victim, upon hearing what had happened.
She is said to have become “able to flee from the bed to the bathroom where she immediately contacted her boyfriend and told him what had happened.”
He in turn called the hotel and demanded they send him to the room. Antinore reportedly fled the hotel after a private security guard came to the room and made contact with him. There has been a considerable passing of time, some 21 months, between the alleged attack and arrest, but it has not yet been made public. According to the criminal complaints, on May 1, police were able to arrest Ronald Antinore, 53. After an investigation, they charged him with assaulting the woman. Antimore made "incriminating statements as to what had taken place between himself and the victim" at the time of his arrest. He was placed in custody and charged with sexual battery, incest, and possession of drug paraphernalia on Monday, May 1. A major alert to police forces in the state led to officers in Clearwater to find him and take him into custody. He was booked into Pinellas County Jail on a $302,150 (GBP 239,221) bond. He has pleaded not guilty, and is currently awaiting trial. The judge ordered him to have no contact with the woman. The Smoking Gun reports that according to his social media accounts, Antinore owns a restaurant consulting business and co-hosts an online food review program using the name Johnny Hops. He also worked as a “professional wrestling manager” under the name Ron Ratcatcher. The man now faces a court trial charged with incest and battery charges.D
