Man Allegedly Kidnapped Woman From Marquee, Raped Her

The nighclub Marquee is back in the news after a Queens construction worker was indicted today for kidnapping a passed-out woman at the club, taking her home and raping her. In March, Luiz Zambrano, 39, allegedly found the inebriated 23-year-old passed out on a couch in the Chelsea hotspot where DA Robert Morgenthau says, "(He) approached the woman and began kissing her." He added that Zambrano then began dragging her and dropped the woman where she "fell headfirst into a wall and crumpled on the floor," but no one at Marquee assisted her. Zambrano put her in a cab that took them to his car and then drove to his College Point apartment, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her twice. During the second assault, the woman regained consciousness; the victim was able to lead the cops to Zambrano's house. The police also found that DNA left on the victim matched the "DNA found on another woman who said she'd been assaulted (at Marquee)." Zambrano, who was convicted of harassing a woman last year, pleaded not guilty and is out on $30,000 bail. Marquee was in the news last year when a woman disappeared after leaving there with a convicted sex offender.

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By Billy Parker in News on July 22, 2009 5:09 PM

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inoyourider

NO BAIL!!!

Why is this shitty club still open?

abcohen

I dont have an extra 10 dollars to my name how does he have 30k?

In other news the re-branding of Marquee will begin in 3..2..1

Jen S

He's OUT on BAIL?! Insanity!

Guest

This is part of the reason prostitution should be legal.

JacqueMehoff

she asked for it and had it coming,

wrong post, thought this was the bicyclist u-lock post.

i2hellfire

in a completely unrelated note, is there anything that can be done about those asinine american apparel ads? i keep having to scroll it out of view after each page jump because side-boobies are somehow related to selling tshirts made in california...

KiljoyWasHere

I'm with you. Too much sideboob for the workplace. Could we at least not have the screen jump down so that the harlot is front and center when you click on "comments"?

The Man Bat

are you kidding me? Those ads are the only reason I keep coming back to this site. Where else can I see Faye Reagan on my screen while at work?

imadick

download adblockplus for firefox.

imadick

i'm going to go ahead and blame the victim here.

angry_pickle

I always wonder about people who like passing out on alcohol in a public area. Do they like the thrill of potential danger? I think so. Like walking home alone at 4am in some shady neighborhood while plugged in at 90dB on your iPod.

nicemarmot

He dropped her on her head and she still didn't wake up??? Not that the rape was her fault but jeez, if you drink so much you pass out in public you are taking a huge risk! There are lots of scumbags in this city, and not very many people who will stick their neck out for you.

maevemealone

I wouldn't be surprised if her drink was spiked, passing out that hard sounds like a roofie. Besides bottle service, I've never had a drink at a club that wasn't severely watered down. Also, huge security fail for not handling a passed out patron. A proper security team would have located her companions and had her put in a cab or sent her out more appropriately.