Laura Hordesky

lhordesk@press-citizen.com

Police say an Iowa City man sexually assaulted multiple "incapacitated" women and recorded the abuse without their consent.

Nathan Schloss, 23, faces 18 counts of third-degree sexual abuse, a Class C felony. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Iowa City Police Lt. Troy Kelsay said Schloss had multiple victims and police haven't identified all of the victims. Kelsay said police haven't ruled out there being more victims.

"At least some, if not all, the women were unaware this had happened," Kelsay said.

Schloss was in the news this fall when his roommate, Leo A. Nopoulos, was charged in October with animal torture, an aggravated misdemeanor, after laptop video showed Nopoulos abusing Schloss' cat Fritz "nonstop, for a period lasting longer than three hours," an Iowa City Police Department complaint stated.

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According to the police complaints, the earliest reported assault that Schloss is accused of is dated May 13, 2012, and the last is Sept. 8, 2013.

The 18 alleged assaults are clustered at three Iowa City addresses. Four are alleged to have occurred at his current home at 1856 Algonquin Road.

Police say the videos show Schloss having sexual intercourse, touching a victim's genitalia, using a victim's hand to masturbate and penetrating a victim's genitalia while the victims are "incapacitated."

Each complaint states "the victim did not consent to this and did not consent to being video recorded" as well as stating that Schloss said "the victim knew about this and consented."

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All of the complaints say the victim hadn't seen the video and didn't know it happened.

In one case, police say the victim woke up and repeatedly told Schloss to get off her.

Schloss is listed as a University of Iowa engineering student, according to UI's online directory.

Schloss was in custody Friday night at the Johnson County Jail on a $180,000 cash-only bond.

Police are asking that anyone with information call Investigator David Gonzalez or Sgt. Scott Gaarde at 356-5276.

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