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A 62-year-old Utah man — who was on probation for holding a woman captive — is facing new charges of sexually abusing a woman while she was unconscious.
Vratislav Roger Bilek was charged last week in 3rd District Court with second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse and drug possession, as well as misdemeanor counts of voyeurism and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Also, Bilek has allegedly violated his probation in the kidnapping case by having an overnight female guest, possessing drugs and committing new crimes, according to court documents.
The new charges allege that on the evening of Feb. 1, Adult Probation & Parole officers made an unannounced visit to Bilek's Taylorsville motel room and found a 21-year-old woman sitting on his bed. The officers also found methamphetamine on a silver tray and syringes, charges state.
The woman said Bilek had bailed her out of jail on Jan. 30 at a cost of $360, but claimed there had been no sexual activity between them, charges state.
But when the officers looked at Bile's phone, they found 180 pictures and eight videos of the woman in which she is unconscious, charges state.
A series of photos show the woman naked in the bathroom. And in another series of photos, a naked Bilek is seen in sexual poses with the naked, unconscious woman, charges state.
The woman later told officers that she was unaware of the images found on the phone. But she added that Bilek, after bailing her out of jail, had given her meth and that she became unconscious and woke up with her pants and underwear removed, charges state.
The woman said that over the next couple off days, she became increasingly drowsy and would often pass out, charges state.
In 2014, Bilek was charged with beating, raping and trying to drown a woman who was renting a room from him, as well as kidnapping and attacking another woman at his home.
He resolved both cases in December by pleading no contest to a single count of second-degree felony kidnapping and all other charges were dismissed.
Prosecutors said their inability to locate the two alleged victims ahead of a Jan. 4 trial date was a factor in the lenient resolution of the cases.
Judge Bruce Lubeck suspended a potential one-to-15-year prison term, and instead placed Bilek — who had been in jail since September 2014 — on probation for five years. Probation conditions included that Bilek have no "female overnight stays" without approval by probation officers.
Deputy Salt Lake County District Attorney Nathan Evershed said at the time that it was "a tough case," in part because of the women's addiction to drugs and transient lifestyles.
One woman was initially cooperative with police, but refused to testify at a preliminary hearing. The other woman was cooperative, but it was not guaranteed that her prior testimony — which contained inconsistencies — could be used at trial, Evershed said.
With the plea deal, "we get something," he said.
On Aug. 9, 2014, one of the women — naked, bleeding from her nose, and covered with small cuts and bruises — turned up at a home near 600 East and 10800 South in Sandy claiming she had been held hostage at the home next door for two days, according to charging documents.
The woman told police that Bilek had provided her methamphetamine, but then began to attack her — choking her on three occasions, and punching and kicking her in the face and body, according to charges. The woman said that as a "shock factor," Bilek showed her a black handgun.
Bilek kept the woman in his basement for seven to nine hours, but then allowed her to go upstairs by herself for a drink of water, according to charges. Despite being naked, she unlocked the front door and fled, according to charges.
In the case of the second alleged victim, a woman showed up on the porch of a home near Bilek's at about 2 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2014, calling for help.
The woman, who had numerous visible injuries on her body, told police she had been kidnapped and physically and sexually attacked by a man who had offered to rent her a room.
Bilek punched her in the face and began to choke her, according to charges, then allegedly forced her face into a filled bathtub.
Bilek later showed her a gun and raped her with multiple objects, including the handle of a sledgehammer, according to charges.
The woman ultimately escaped through a back door.
Bilek, who is being held in the Salt Lake County jail without bail, is to appear in court on Feb. 25 in West Jordan for a scheduling hearing.