Nashville Man Arrested In Two 2016 Opryland Hotel Sexual Assaults

NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Police arrested a Nashville man believed to have sexually assaulted two Opryland Hotel housekeepers in separate incidents last year.

Anthony Patton, 53, is facing two counts of sexual battery connected to alleged incidents on June and September of 2016.

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In June 2016, a housekeeper said she was cleaning a room when Patton came in and asked her to have sex with him and handed her $100. She refused and says that Patton then rubbed his hand on her upper leg and touched her genitals through her clothes.

In September, another housekeeper was cleaning a room when she says Patton came in, saying he'd left his phone. As she helped him looked for it, she said Patton grabbed her buttocks. She told police she was able to push him away and he left the room.

Patton is being held on $50,000 bond on two counts of sexual battery.

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