A 46-year-old man was arrested on Miami Beach on Thursday morning after police say he sexually assaulted a woman near Collins Avenue and 25th Street, then told a detective he did not believe her repeated pleas to stop were sincere. Officers took Adriyel Manzoratte into custody shortly after 11:05 a.m., and he now faces a sexual battery charge.
According to WPLG Local 10, the woman reported that Manzoratte approached her on the beach and sat down next to her after claiming, per the arrest report, that he was wearing only underwear following a theft. The report states she felt bad for him and offered him a towel — a small act of kindness that police say preceded the alleged attack.
Police say Manzoratte then masturbated in front of the woman before making further advances, and he later admitted this to a detective, per the police report. The woman said she told him to stop multiple times, according to the arrest report, before he held her down and sexually assaulted her, per the police report.
Suspect's Claim Collides With Florida Consent Law
Per the arrest report, Manzoratte told investigators he did not believe the victim was being sincere when she said stop. That assertion runs directly counter to Florida's statutory definition of consent, which under Florida Statute § 794.011 must be intelligent, knowing, and voluntary — and which explicitly states that a victim's failure to physically resist does not amount to agreement, according to FindLaw.
The felony degree Manzoratte ultimately faces will hinge on what investigators determine about force. Sexual battery involving physical force or coercion is prosecuted as a first-degree felony under Florida Statute § 794.011(4), carrying a potential sentence of up to 30 years or life in prison, per FindLaw. Sexual battery without physical force or aggravating circumstances, by contrast, is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years, according to Musca Law. Prosecutors with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office Special Victims Unit will review the arrest affidavit to formalize charges and set custody terms before a judge, per the Office of the Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
Booked at Turner Guilford Knight, a Familiar Corridor for Assaults
Records show Manzoratte was booked Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, a 1,300-bed facility that houses adult pre-trial detainees, per 3FM Engineering. The jail is part of the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department, the eighth-largest county jail system in the country, which manages roughly 5,000 to 5,200 inmates daily, according to Wikipedia.
The stretch of beach near 25th Street and Collins Avenue sits within Miami Beach's Collins Park neighborhood, a beachfront resort, hotel, and cultural corridor at the northern end of South Beach that draws heavy pedestrian and tourist traffic, per Wikipedia. Public arrest records also show Manzoratte was previously arrested in Miami Beach in May 2023, according to Busted Newspaper.
The case adds to a string of sexual battery investigations Hoodline has tracked along Miami Beach's shoreline in recent months, including an alleged shoreline rape arrest in May and a bodycam release tied to an assault reported along Ocean Drive in April. Public safety reporting from August 2025 noted Miami Beach had recorded 50 sexual assault cases year-to-date, reflecting flat year-over-year trends for sexual offense reporting in the city, according to Floridian Press.
What Happens Next
Miami Beach police, led by Chief Wayne A. Jones since July 2023, maintain dedicated patrol and criminal investigation divisions that handle beachfront violent crime and sexual battery cases, according to the City of Miami Beach. It remains unresolved whether Miami-Dade prosecutors will pursue a first-degree or second-degree felony charge based on the arrest report's findings on physical force, what bond conditions or evaluations may be ordered at TGK, and whether additional witnesses or security footage near 25th Street and Collins Avenue corroborate the timeline of the encounter.
