By Staff Reporter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Xavier Hreben, a 29-year-old, was taken into custody on June 5, facing charges of attempting to sexually assault an intoxicated woman. The incident reportedly started at a downtown bar on New Year’s Eve.
The woman involved relayed to a Gainesville Police Department officer that she, along with a friend, visited a bar on New Year’s Eve. She admitted to becoming heavily intoxicated and losing memory for a significant period. While outside, in a state of vomiting, she was approached by Hreben and his girlfriend, who offered assistance.
According to the officer’s report, the victim’s friend exited the bar and observed Hreben assisting the victim with arranging an Uber ride. Subsequently, the victim, Hreben, and Hreben’s girlfriend all entered the Uber together.
The officer secured a warrant to obtain Uber data from that time and location. The only relevant record was a request for an Uber X from Hreben’s account at 1:07 a.m. on January 1. Surveillance footage in the area allegedly captured Hreben, his girlfriend, and the victim getting into a vehicle near the bar around 1:33 a.m. The officer pointed out that the victim appeared unsteady and clearly intoxicated in the footage.
Shortly afterwards, at approximately 1:47 a.m., footage from the victim’s doorbell camera showed her entering her apartment with Hreben and his girlfriend. The video reportedly confirmed that the victim was still intoxicated at that time, with Hreben visibly identifiable in the video.
At 3:31 a.m., the victim reportedly texted her friend and said Hreben was creepy because he was flirting with her. She said she told Hreben that she is not attracted to men, and he responded, “You’re too pretty and sexy to be gay.”
The victim let Hreben and his girlfriend sleep on her couch, and then she went to her bedroom to sleep. At about 5 a.m., the victim said, she woke up to find Hreben in her bed, with his hand inside her underwear, trying to penetrate her. She said she told him to stop, he asked if he could perform oral sex on her, she said no, and he left.
The victim reportedly had Hreben’s phone number because he texted her while he was at her apartment, and a subpoena reportedly confirmed that the phone number belonged to Hreben.
The officer searched for information on Hreben in law enforcement databases and reportedly found a sexual battery case out of Hillsborough County from 2023 in which Hreben is listed as the defendant; the case was eventually dismissed.
The victim completed a sexual assault kit, and the results came back in May, reportedly showing that DNA from a male donor was found on both the victim’s underwear and her genitals; the officer noted that Hreben was the only male in the apartment, and the victim said that because she is not attracted to men, there should be no male DNA near her genitals. Based on the victim’s blood alcohol concentration when she went to the hospital the next day, the officer estimated that it was about 0.124% at the time of the alleged incident, indicating that she was too intoxicated to provide consent.
Hreben has been charged with attempted sexual battery. His criminal history is not posted on the court’s website because the charge is a sexual crime. He is being held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold him without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
