Hispanic Activist Who Attacked Trump Over 'Rapist' Comments Arrest for Rape

SOUTH SALT LAKE — Tony Yapias, a prominent activist for the Latino community in Utah, was charged Monday with raping a woman who police say had recently ended her romantic relationship with him.

In addition to the first-degree felony rape charge, Yapias was charged in 3rd District Court with tampering with evidence, a class A misdemeanor.

Yapias, 50, of Salt Lake City, is the director of Proyecto Latino de Utah, an advocacy organization for Latinos in the state. He was arrested Monday and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on $250,000 bail. He is formally identified in court documents as Adolfo Tony Yapias-Delgado.

Charges allege that the rape occurred March 21 in South Salt Lake. The victim had ended her four-year romantic involvement with Yapias 10 days earlier, court documents say.

"(Yapias) went inside the victim's home uninvited after she opened the door to go confront him in the parking lot," charges state. "The victim again made it clear she was not interested in a continuing relationship and did not want to engage in sex. (Yapias) then forced the issue and had sexual intercourse with the victim without her consent."

The woman reported the alleged rape to police and others that same day, "despite her fears and concerns with respect to immigration issues," court documents say. A medical examination indicated multiple injuries that were consistent with her account of what happened, according to charging documents.