FL - Xavier Thomas-Jones, 25, charged with attacking Nashali Alma, 24 in apartment complex gym - 2/21/23

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Florida woman fights off attacker inside apartment gym in terrifying video

In the video, she's seen defending herself and hitting back until the suspect let her go.

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Newly-released video showed a woman fighting off a man who attacked her inside her Tampa, Florida, apartment complex gym last month.

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Nashali Alma, 24, was exercising alone at a gym before she let the suspect, identified as Xavier Thomas-Jones, 25, inside on January 22. Alma allowed him in because she had seen him at the facility previously, according to authorities.

At one point, Thomas-Jones was seen grabbing Alma as she kept hitting his head and pinned her to the floor, the video showed. He eventually let her go and she immediately ran out of the gym.

Thomas-Jones faces charges of sexual battery, false imprisonment and kidnapping, authorities said.