A California woman has recalled the moment she was dragged out her car by a homeless man and drenched in hot feces.

Heidi Van Tassel says suspect Jere Blessings darted across Hollywood Boulevard and attacked her as she prepared to make her way home after dinner at a Thai restaurant. It comes amid an increased number of assault arrests of homeless people in central LA.

'It was diarrhea. Hot liquid. I was soaked, and it was coming off my eyelashes and into my eyes,' Van Tassel told NBC 4.

'Paramedics who came to treat me said there was so much of it on me, that it looked like the man was saving it up for a month.

'It was all inside my car because it was so much. He just kept pouring it and splattering it all over me.'

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Heidi Van Tassel says suspect Jere Blessings pulled her of her car, dragged her into the street and dumped a bucket of feces on her when she was attacked this summer

Records show Blessings is a transient with 'schizophrenia and psychotic disorders'.

The woman was rushed to Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital following the June incident and was tested for infectious diseases caused by contact with feces.

Blessings was charged with battery, taken to jail, and completed two month sat a residential mental health facility, as ordered by a judge.

But Van Tassel thinks more needs to be done in Los Angeles to help the homeless and those suffering from mental health issues.

'He doesn't need jail time. He needs mental health care,' Van Tassel said. 'I have empathy for him. Because he needs help.'

The number of assault arrests among homeless people in central LA increased from 1,763 in 2017 to 2,735 in 2018, data from the LAPD showed.

By September 2019 that figure had reached 2,496 and with an average of 228 assault arrests in the area per month last year, 2019 looks set to show the trend continuing to increase.

With an average of 228 assault arrests of homeless people in central LA per month last year, 2019 looks set to show the trend continuing to increase

Van Tassel said she will 'never forget his face' and is suffering from PTSD after the traumatic time. She'll have to be tested for infectious diseases every three months and says: 'It changed my life'

Van Tassel also says she needs help. She's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following the 'traumatic' incident.

Van Tassel will need to be retested for infectious diseases every three months and believes Blessings would have seriously injured her if he had a weapon.

The woman claims that someone from the LAPD was supposed to get in touch with her to offer help but she has not heard back.

'It was awful,' she said, choking back tears. 'And it changed my life.

'I will never, ever, forget his face. What's the next thing he's going to do somebody? If he would've had a knife, for sure he would've stabbed me.'