A veteran Miami physician is behind bars after police say office video captured him raping a sedated patient during what was supposed to be a routine cosmetic procedure.
Dr. Ron DeMeo, 63, who runs Meridian Cosmetic and Meridian Spine, was arrested Wednesday night and later booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The alleged assault took place Oct. 25 inside his West Brickell office in The Roads, according to an arrest report summarized by Local 10.
The 29-year-old patient told detectives that DeMeo instructed her to take a prescribed medication and inhale nitrous oxide for pain management before the in-office cosmetic procedure. A staff member also offered her a glass of wine, according to the arrest report. The woman said she recalls DeMeo closing the blinds, feeling herself being pushed down and briefly opening her eyes to see him over her body. She told officers she “did not have the strength to speak or fight back and just closed her eyes wanting the assault to end.” Those details, along with police assertions that video shows the assault, are described in the reporting by Local 10…