VERO BEACH — A man was hospitalized Thursday after a woman cut his face with a kitchen knife because he declined several requests to have sex with her, according to a police report.

Katherine Nieves-Tavarez, 27, of the 1000 block of 40th Avenue, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Police responded to her apartment about 3:30 a.m. Thursday.

"She hit me with a knife. … I can't see," a man, whose face was covered in blood, told police from the doorway.

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The man said Nieves-Tavarez became angry when he declined multiple times to have sex with her, according to her arrest affidavit. She was under the influence of alcohol, police reported.

He had several cuts on his face and was treated at Indian River Medical Center, the affidavit said.

Nieves-Tavarez remained late Friday in the Indian River County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail.

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