A bouncer at the Flatiron District's Duvet is accused of raping an intoxicated woman inside a stall in the club's ladies' room on October 25th. Ex-con Hunter Dupree, 33, isn't legally allowed to work as a bouncer because of his criminal record, but that didn't stop the club (which also goes by the name Climax) from hiring him. The 23-year-old victim says she was "incapacitated" in a stall as the club was closing at 4 a.m., and when Dupree called out to ask if anyone was in restroom, she cried for help.
But instead of assistance, she says he raped her. Her fiancee took her to the hospital and the police were notified, but Dupree wasn't arrested until last week, when he was busted in a robbery on East 23rd Street near Park Avenue. Police sources tell the Post that he and three others allegedly punched and kicked a man, knocking him to the ground. While his accomplices continued assaulting the man, Dupree allegedly stripped off the man's jacket, boots, pants and hat.
That victim was hospitalized with facial injuries, and Dupree was also charged with rape after the woman and other witnesses picked out his mug shot. But a lawyer for Dupree, who did three years in prison for gun possession, tells the Daily News she probably just made up the story: "You never know who is going to come and say, 'He attacked me."
