Delaware County

Uber driver charged in connection to rape of Villanova student

A 26-year-old man is out on bail after he was arrested after a Villanova student told police she was raped by her Uber driver on Sept. 13, 2024

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Law enforcement officials arrested a 26-year-old Uber driver for his alleged role in the September rape of a student in the dorms at Villanova University.

According to police, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, law enforcement officials apprehended Mirvan Dinler, 26, of Trappe, after an incident that happened at the Radnor Township campus of Villanova University.

He has been charged with rape, indecent sexual assault, reckless endangerment and other offenses.

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According to police, Dinler is believed to have driven a 21-year-old Villanova student home from Philadelphia after she went out with friends and wanted to head home separately after she fell ill on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.

Court documents note that, after Dinler picked her up in his vehicle and drove the victim back to her residence in Hovnanian Hall, he allegedly entered her room and raped the victim while she was unconscious and forced her to perform oral sex.

Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673.

Security footage, court documents claim, captured images of Dinler escorting the victim into the campus building at about 11:05 p.m. that evening.

Also, according to court documents, shortly after he left her room following the assault, Dinler returned to the victim's dorm and began "banging on her door."

A witness told police that Dinler demanded payment for "a mess" the victim allegedly left in his vehicle, court documents note.

Before he left the scene, court documents claim Dinler sent himself $150 by using an app on the victim's phone.

Dinler is currently out on bail.

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