
Juan Scott pleaded guilty on Wednesday to sexual assaults committed in Stuyvesant Town and the East Village.
By Maria Rocha-Buschel
Juan Scott, the man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Stuyvesant Town elevator as well as two other women before that, has pleaded guilty to the three incidents.
Scott, 28, who’s also the cousin of actress Rosario Dawson, had initially pleaded not guilty.
He was arrested on October 19, 2014, two days after attacking a 20-year-old NYU student in Stuyvesant Town. On October 17 around 4:30 a.m. Scott pushed the woman to the ground inside her building’s elevator and sexually assaulted her, although she was able to eventually fight him off. Multiple people in the building also heard the attack and went into the hallway, causing Scott to flee the scene. However, the incident was captured on a surveillance camera and Scott could be seen climbing down a tree to escape. After the images were released to the media, an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers helped police track Scott to his parents’ home on Long Island, the Manhattan District Attorney said.