ORLANDO, Fla. – A Windermere man convicted of raping two unconscious women and recording the sex acts was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison.
Darryl Patterson was found guilty in March. Orange County Circuit Judge Jenifer M. Harris sentenced Patterson to 30 years for sexual battery and 15 years for attempted sexual battery consecutively, but gave him time served credit for one year.
Patterson's sentencing was delayed four times.
At trial, Assistant State Attorney Deborah Barra said one victim wasn't even aware that an attack had occurred until she saw her picture on a flyer from the Windermere Police Department that urged her to get in contact with officers because they were concerned about her well-being.
In her closing statements, Barra said the victim can be heard telling Patterson to stop the attack.
"She says, quote, 'Darryl, wait until tomorrow,' end quote. She says that 10 times in the course of the five-minute video. She says quote, 'No, don't,' end quote," Barra said.
Ahead of the sentencing, Darryl's family and friends testified on his behalf. Both of his victim's also took the stand.
"I have lost part of myself," the woman said, adding that since the sexual battery, "I find it difficult to trust people. It has affected every dynamic in my life. Recovery is a slow process. Betrayal is endured for life."
The second victim, who also testified during the trial, said she didn't know she was a victim until she saw her tattoos posted by Windermere police Department attempting to identified Patterson's victims.
"After reviewing videos of my lifeless, unconscious, body, being raped and tossed around, for nearly a half hour, by this man (Patterson), one could certainly say this is not something a friend would do to anyone," she said.
Patterson did not testify on his own behalf.
Outside the courtroom Friday, Barra said Patterson receiving the maximum penalty sends a message of encouragement to sexual assault victims, adding that "things can happen as a results of speaking up."
"I think that voices should be heard and they obviously were here," Barra said. "I think it speaks volumes to victims of sexual abuse. The fact that justice was served today. That the judge listened to them and a jury listened to them. He was convicted and he got the maximum penalty."
Barra praised the women who came forward and spoke during the trial and sentencing.
"The women who participated in this are absolutely amazing and they are incredibly courageous and they deserve everything in the world," she said.
Windermere police Detective John Allen said after the trial that Patterson's conviction is just the tip of the iceberg.
"I have to think about a lot more than what happened today because I still have unidentified victims that I have to identify because we're not done with the investigation," Allen said. "Just because he's been convicted in this case doesn't mean we'll stop. (We'll) try and identify those women as well and make sure they're alright."
Allen said he has more than two dozen other tapes showing Patterson having sex with incapacitated women, besides the one prosecutors showed jurors in court.