ST. PETERSBURG — An assisted living facility owner was arrested Thursday on charges that he sexually assaulted an employee, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
Enrique De La Piedra, 73, faces charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment.
The employee told detectives that on May 22, De La Piedra asked her to visit his office inside the Osprey Health Care Center at 6775 40th Ave N in St. Petersburg. As she entered, he locked the door and then sexually assaulted her, the Sheriff's Office said.
She immediately reported the assault. In an interview with detectives, De La Piedra admitted to locking the door in the office, but said the sex was consensual.
De La Piedra of Indian Shores was released from the Pinellas County jail on $15,000 bail.