A former St. Louis police officer has been charged with sodomy after a pregnant mother of four says he forced her into a sex act while he was on duty. She said she called police because her car had been stolen from her home about 10 p.m. on June 12, 2015, in the 3600 block of Kosciusko Street. Officer John Stewart was the responding officer.
Stewart resigned from the police department less than a week after the allegations.
In this case, the alleged victim, who was 25 at the time of the alleged assault, wrote the probable cause statement and is named in the court documents.
The victim alleges that she and Stewart were talking about her stolen car while he was standing outside the doorway to her apartment.
“After the defendant concluded his official duties as a police officer, he requested to enter my apartment,” according to the statement. He then began complimenting the victim’s physical appearance. The victim wrote that she refused to let him touch her and that he then exposed himself to her, according to the documents.
“I did not consent to the defendant’s sexual advances, but complied as I was in fear of serious physical injury to myself and my children, who were present at the time,” she wrote.
The victim said she kept some of the evidence following the alleged assault, and the crime lab later confirmed the presence of Stewart’s DNA on a piece of clothing and a cup.
Stewart posted a $60,000 bail.
