A Florida doctor is facing sexual battery charges after one of his patients told authorities she found footage of him sexually assaulting her during a cosmetic procedure, according to court filings.
The alleged assault occurred on October 25, 2025, when the 29-year-old woman saw Dr. Ronald F. DeMeo at his Miami practice and was allegedly provided with “nitro,” a “sedative to alleviate pain before the procedure along with prescribed medication,” states DeMeo’s arrest affidavit dated Thursday, March 19.
Before DeMeo, 63, entered the procedure room, the woman told authorities that she was offered, and accepted, a glass of wine from a staff member, according to the affidavit, which describes wine being commonly provided to patients at the office.
Then, at a certain point, the woman said DeMeo told her to continue inhaling “nitro” before he returned to the procedure room, the affidavit says.
“The victim stated she remembers continuing to inhale nitro, the defendant being in the room and closing the blinds in the room,” the filing states. “She recalls feeling as if she was pushed down in what she thinks was an office, then opening her eyes, and seeing the defendant over her body…”
DeMeo is accused of sexually assaulting the woman, who told authorities “she did not have the strength to speak or fight back and just closed her eyes wanting the assault to end,” the affidavit says.
The woman said that a few days later, she found a video on her phone that showed the sexual assault.
An investigator wrote in the affidavit that they watched the video footage and saw non-consensual “sexual acts & gestures.”
DeMeo is charged with three counts of sexual battery involving a helpless victim, court records viewed by Us Weekly show.
At a hearing on Thursday, March 19, DeMeo’s defense attorney, Daniel A. Lurvey, said that the October 25 incident between DeMeo and his client had been consensual, WBPF reported.
“We have overwhelming evidence exonerating the defendant [DeMeo],” Lurvey said, according to the TV station. “This goes back several months, as the court can see. It was a consensual, 100% encounter.”
Miami Police Department Officer and Public Information Officer Mike Vega told the TV station that the woman captured the alleged assault on her phone because she had been filming her cosmetic procedure.
“As she records a video she passes out, the phone falls and it falls right next to her lap, it falls with the screen facing down, the camera facing up, so it’s capturing everything,” Vega told WBPF. “The doctor then decides to take advantage of her, and he does sexual acts on her.”
DeMeo was released from custody but was subjected to house arrest involving a GPS monitor, WTVJ reported.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual violence, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
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