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Man on pre-trial release for rape arrested on new rape charge after test results come back from 2022 incident

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Marlon Herber Mercado Esquilin, 47, has been arrested and charged with a rape that allegedly took place in 2022; he is now facing two separate charges of rape.

The victim told an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy that she used to be a neighbor of Esquilin and went over to have dinner and drinks with Esquilin and his wife on March 19, 2022. She said she drank heavily at the time and “could easily do two-plus bottles of wine and be fine,” but after one glass of wine and a shot that made her feel “instantaneously intoxicated,” she awoke on the couch to find that some of her clothes had been removed and she couldn’t remember anything since her second glass of wine.

The victim collected her clothes and shoes and decided to seek medical treatment and complete a sexual assault kit, which indicated the presence of male DNA. DNA was collected from Esquilin in May 2024 and was submitted to FDLE for comparison with her sexual assault kit; the results indicated that DNA found on her underwear and body was “700 billion times more likely to occur” if Esquilin contributed to that DNA.

In a post-Miranda interview when the DNA was collected, Esquilin reportedly denied any type of sexual contact with the victim and had no explanation for the presence of his DNA on the victim’s body or clothing.

Due to the victim’s reported intoxication, Esquilin has been formally charged with sexual battery of a victim who is physically helpless to resist.

Esquilin is on pre-trial release on an April 2023 charge of raping a neighbor who went to his house for a housewarming party. That victim also reportedly said that she didn’t remember anything after accepting a mixed drink from Esquilin. Esquilin posted $100,000 bail in April 2023 and was released pending trial.

Judge Meshon Rawls ordered Esquilin held without bail on the new charge, pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold him without bail until trial.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 

  • No hole is deep enough for a POS predator like this. Hopefully he gets put in said hole for a long long time. Heart will be with the victims always.

    • Maybe he ran into a fake church like Gainesville Christian Center and Cynthia Curry wouldn’t let police touch him?

    • The DNA probably just came back from the first case. DNA lab’s priorities case of importance. DNA testing sometimes takes years to comeback.

  • Since he was married and these occured at his house, I wonder if the wife was involved. Where was she while this happened?

  • Staff reporters, PLEASE do an article about the Jail’s capacity vs. daily incarcerated head count over the last 4 years.
    It’ll help us determine if the public 👿Lawyers and 👹Judges are releasing violent suspects willy nilly, or we need a bigger Jail as the District 1 population continues degenerating under Obama-legacy wokeness.
    ACLUSPLCDNC 🤡👺👹👿💩

  • House arrest after bail for rape? That’s what happens when you vote democrat. Miscreants run free to terrorize law abiding citizens while the liberal legal system let’s them run amok!

  • Well, well, well. What have we here ???
    You guys already have a bad rap here on American soil….
    Ie. Bad Rap, Not Rape…..
    Especially up in New York. 😐
    Glad they didn’t invite their house cat over for dinner and drinks. 😜
    Dinner would look more like a glass of spiked wine over feline tacos or something. 😅
    I suppose because of Bidens protective laws, it’s taken all this time for the DNA results.
    But thankfully, for us, your case fell through the protective cracks here in the Great State of Florida, and you will be convicted and prosecuted for your date rape actions.
    Just think about this for second people…..
    Think what would happen, if Donald Trumps campaign trail caught wind of this article dude….
    Need I say more 😂

  • You may find out this guy has several other victims given the information provided. Something tells me he is experienced in this type of crime. May be another serial rapist.

  • It’s allllll Bs . They are friends screwing him over for his baby mama.They don’t put facts on here at all.

      • I’m not taking up for him.But no where in this article does it state the whole story.She left with her husband, when everyone left.She came back without him.If she felt harm,why did she go back.And no mention at all that Marlon cousin was there and wife.And she busted his cousin head open.There is just to much missing.

        • Ok, I’m confused. You said they were all friends screwing him over for his baby mama. BUT Here’s 2 different incidents, same story, and his DNA.

          • But the incidents are a year apart and the one in 2022 had a rape kit done which ended up being his DNA. So the second one decided to set him up a year later? For his baby mama?Makes no sense.

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