UF Resident Assistant Ian Milaski was recently arrested and charged with sexual battery.
According to the University of Florida police report, Milaski, a 21-year-old senior, had grabbed the woman and tried to “finger her” while repeatedly asking for sex in his dorm at Weaver Hall.
UFPD received a report of attempted sexual battery on Aug. 28 that identified Milaski as the suspect. He was arrested within two hours of investigation, according to a statement by UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
“The University of Florida places the highest priority on the safety of its students and takes very seriously the security of its campus,” Orlando said. “Ian Milaski is no longer a resident assistant, and he is no longer allowed on campus.”
According to the arrest report, the woman told the police Milaski called her at about 1:50 a.m. on August 25, saying he was drunk and needed some water. She went to his room in Weaver Hall with the water he had requested, and Milaski began to make sexual advances.
Despite her yelling “no,” Milaski allegedly continued to try to kiss her, grabbed her wrist and told her repeatedly that he wanted to sleep with her.
According to the report, she attempted to make up a story about needing to get her keys from the hallway so she could leave. She got some distance from him and went closer to the door, until he grabbed her, picked her up off the ground and put her on the bed.
He then positioned himself on top of her and had tried to “finger her” through her underwear, police wrote. He refused to let her go even though she had cried multiple times for him to stop.
She was able to free herself and ran out of her room down the hallway to her friends, who walked her back to her room at Tolbert Hall. One of her friends stayed with her and her roommate in her room at her request.
At 4 a.m., she heard the door to her room opening and saw the shadowed outline of a man standing in her doorway, according to the police report.
Milaski allegedly tried to lay down next to her, but she yelled at him to leave, waking up her friend who yelled for Milaski to leave as well. He left after that.
Milaski admitted to the police that he grabbed the girl by the wrist and made statements of trying to sleep with her, according to the police report.
In a post on a Facebook profile with the woman’s same name, she described the incident and urged viewers to spread the word.
“I had known him for over a year and didn’t think twice about going to his aid; not to mention he was a trusted individual and dorm RA at the University of Florida,” the post said. “I do not want this incident to be swept under the rug! I will continue to fight this and I will continue to fight him until the very end!”
According to court records, he was put on GPS monitoring and was ordered no contact within 500 feet from the victim.
He was charged with false imprisonment and with battery with bail set at $125,000.
According to Milaski’s emergency bond filed by his lawyer, Ronald Kozlowski, “Mr. Milaski, who has no criminal record, is a high-achieving student and member of the University of Florida community, also serving as a residence-hall assistant and a teaching assistant… with degrees in both business administration and economics.”
In this motion, it also stated his numerous efforts on campus, such as his community service projects and membership with Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and the Golden Key Honor Society.
The motion requested “a recognizance release” to avoid financial hardship within his family (especially after Hurricane Dorian changed course toward his family in Cape Coral) and to complete school assignments critical to his graduation.
The court granted his motion on September 5, and Milaski was released from Alachua County Jail the next day.
According to the order form granting his motion, Milaski is not allowed to have contact with the victim or return to Alachua County except for court appointments and necessary events on UF campus.
On September 13, the court also issued an additional charge for attempted sexual battery on an adult without force.