MIAMI – A Miami club promoter was arrested Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting two women visiting the city to celebrate their birthdays in separate incidents over a two-year period, authorities confirmed Friday.

The first alleged victim, a woman who was in her 20s at the time of the incident, told police she was introduced to her by a friend, Devann Yao, 34, in July 2022, according to investigators.

Authorities said the woman, now 22, was traveling to Miami to celebrate her 20th birthday when he invited her to Mr. Jones, a popular Miami Beach lounge.

After consuming alcoholic beverages, police said the victim may have felt ill, and Yao escorted her outside and arranged for an Uber to take her home.

Once there, the victim told detectives she fell asleep, only to wake up with Yao already engaging in sexual acts without her consent, according to the report. The woman pushed him out, and he immediately stopped, authorities said.

In a separate incident reported two years later, Miami police said a 21-year-old woman from Maryland said she met Yao at the Coco Miami Lounge on July 17.

After consuming alcoholic beverages, she woke up at Yao’s residence without knowing how she got there, according to the arrest report.

The woman claimed Yao sexually assaulted her and covered her mouth when she screamed.

The woman said she woke up at his residence the next day and informed him that she needed to return to the hotel to pack for her scheduled flight back to Maryland.

In a statement to police, the victim claimed Yao ordered an Uber for her to retrieve her belongings, waiting for her to return to his residence, which she did when he sexually assaulted her a second time despite to her repeated requests to leave, detectives confirmed.

The victim said she felt like she was having an “out-of-body experience” and suspected she may have been drugged, police wrote.

Upon returning to Maryland, authorities said she sought medical attention, completed a rape kit at Howard County General Hospital and later sought psychiatric treatment, citing feelings of self-harm related to the incident.

Investigators confirmed that Miami police officers detained Yao at his residence just before 2:30 p.m. Thursday and transported him to the MPD Special Victims Unit office, where he refused to speak with detectives after was read the Miranda rights.

Jail records show Yao faces two counts of sexually assaulting a victim 18 or older without serious injury.

As of Friday, he remains at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in a magistrate’s hold, where his bond was listed as “to be determined.”