Yahya Maly, 28, was arrested around p. Tuesday at his apartment in Ballwin, a suburb of St. The alleged crimes spanned almost two years between March and earlier this month.
The victims told police that Maly had pushed them down and forcefully held them against their will while sexually assaulting them.
According to court documents, the most recent victim was held against her will for a period of seven hours on Feb. On another occasion, Maly allegedly held a victim against her will for an hour and choked her. Maly was a student at Logan University, a chiropractic school, which issued a statement saying he is no longer attending the university and that they are assisting police in the investigation.
The safety of Logan University students, faculty, staff and visitors is our top priority. Meer wonders if he saw Maly with one of his recent victims just a few weeks ago. She said Maly made several female students feel uncomfortable during their chiropractic lessons, including herself. According to the student, she reported her concerns to the school, but no action was taken. On Thursday, they sent the following statement:. The classmate said she was shocked to see a news article saying Maly had been arrested, knowing her intuition was right all along.
Maly is charged with two counts of first-degree rape or attempted rape, seven counts of second-degree rape, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, and two counts of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy. Anyone with information or who may have met Maly on a dating app is urged to call investigators at Skip to content.
