Palm Beach County sexual battery investigation at a Florida hospital. The victim said she’d met her alleged attacker, Stephen Hakim, on Hinge. Detectives later matched Hakim’s DNA to specimens found on the victim, according to court documents.

Toxicology testing detected multiple sleeping drugs in samples of the woman’s blood and urine. She didn’t take those substances, she told deputies.

Hakim, of Delray Beach, was arrested and charged with sexual assault on July 8. He was released the next day on a $25,000 bond. He has pleaded not guilty.

After matching with Hakim on Hinge, the woman told deputies they exchanged messages on the app for about an hour. Then, the conversation moved to phone texts and video calls, reports show.

The alleged victim and Hakim, 27, agreed to meet later that day without "any expectations or pretenses" for "a relaxed evening to talk," deputies who reviewed the messages reported in court documents. The woman told deputies that Hakim picked up her up in his car around 11 p.m. to go to a bar, court records show. But instead, he drove her to his apartment.

She recalled riding in his black Tesla as he sped along at "90 to 100 miles per hour," court documents show. She reported that his "very clean" apartment had very little furniture and no television or pets. The woman told deputies they drank four beers and discussed topics like work. Then, Hakim offered to give her a massage, the alleged victim told deputies. It was then that she became "super tired" and "couldn’t get up" before being assaulted, she told deputies. Afterward, she was "very upset" and told Hakim that he’d raped her, she told deputies. She reported that Hakim asked what she was talking about in "gaslighting" behavior, records show.

Hakim’s attorney provided a statement to multiple news outlets saying his client denies allegations that his actions were "unconsented." The firm did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

About 53 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 have used a dating app, a 2023 Pew Research report showed. Since the late 90’s, the online dating industry has "transformed" the way that some adults find potential matches, share personal information.

Removing the metadata from posted photos also decreases the risk of personal information being acquired, she said. Metadata is hidden information attached to digital files that can be accessed and may provide information, such as location and date. Online dating is "something millions of people use all the time," Cutter said. "People find really lovely, healthy, successful relationships online. The risk is really when perpetrators misuse that tool and hurt people."

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators believe there "may be additional victims who have not yet come forward," the agency wrote in a post on social media.

The Special Victims Unit is "asking for the public's help in identifying anyone who may have had encounters with Stephen Hakim, who allegedly met victims through online dating platforms."