Air Force airman sues Marriott for $160Million after staying in a hotel on his way to training and waking up to sexual assault by another man – a career criminal who has been arrested dozens of times

An Air Force airman is suing Marriott for $160 million after he woke up to another man sexually assaulting him while he stayed at the hotel before training.

The incident occurred in April 2022 when the victim, identified as ‘John Doe’, was staying at the Marriott on West Trade Street in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.

According to the lawsuit, the man said that when he went to sleep he did not realize that “the self-closing doors (to his room) were not working properly” and he woke up to Jermaine Lamont Peay raping him.

The documents indicated that the room’s door “did not close or latch properly” when Peay, a career criminal, broke in.

This is not the first time Peay has been in trouble with the law, as WSOC-TV He discovered six of his mugshots from previous arrests.

It’s unclear when each mugshot was taken and for what crimes, but records show he was previously accused of assaulting a campus police officer and “going armed to terrorize people.”

In North Carolina, a charge of going armed to terrorize people means that a suspect is armed with an “unusual or dangerous” weapon with the intention of “terrorizing others,” according to Gilles Law.

Peay was arrested and charged in January 2023 with forcible sexual offense, larceny, burglary and first-degree robbery.

He is still awaiting trial for those crimes, according to court records.

As Peay assaulted the man, the victim “howled in terror and lunged” at him before Peay allegedly snatched her phone, wallet, a pair of shorts and a shirt and ran away, according to the lawsuit.

According to a 911 call log obtained by WSOC-TV, police were called to that Marriott location 85 times in the past three years.

The lawsuit argued that the hotel should have been aware that the locks on the man’s door were not secure and that the establishment did not provide sufficient security to the guest.

DailyMail.com contacted the hotel and its cooperation office for comment but did not receive a response in time for this report.