By Staff

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jamaine Davonta Fairley, aged 24, is facing new charges of indecent exposure to a jail employee while he awaits trial for the alleged rape of a homeless woman.

Fairley’s legal troubles began in July 2025 when he was apprehended for stealing a bicycle from a man who was asleep at GRACE Marketplace. By August, additional charges were brought against him, alleging sexual battery in connection with the assault and beating of a homeless woman earlier in April 2025.

Details of the Sexual Battery Case

In the documented complaint for the April incident, the victim recounted living in a tent located in a wooded area when Fairley arrived unexpectedly one night. Claiming that his mother had kicked him out, Fairley requested to stay in her tent until another nearby resident returned. The victim allowed him to lie down, but when she asked him to shift over, Fairley reportedly became agitated, accusing her of making him feel like a “rapist or something.” He then allegedly threatened her with violence.

The victim said Fairley asked repeatedly to have sex, and she firmly rejected him, but he started hitting her with his hands and then hit her in the head with something hard, possibly a flashlight. He allegedly sexually battered her while threatening to beat her again if she did not cooperate.

When he was done, he allegedly told the victim to give him “everything she had,” and she reportedly gave him $38. She said he forced her to walk out to the main road with him and attempted to sexually batter her again before leaving the area.

The victim said she walked to a relative’s home and called 911. The responding Gainesville Police Department officers noted that she had swelling on her head that was consistent with being hit with a hard object. The victim was transported to a hospital for a sexual assault examination, which reportedly produced DNA belonging to the victim and Fairley.

Fairley has juvenile convictions between 2017 and 2019, seven adult felony convictions (three violent), and one adult misdemeanor conviction (non-violent); he has served one state prison sentence and was released in July 2024.

Prior to his July arrest at GRACE, Fairley was arrested on May 14, 2025, when GRACE staff called law enforcement because he was on the property after being trespassed; he was also charged with resisting an officer without violence after allegedly running from the officer. His case was referred to the Mental Health Court, and on June 25, Court Services recommended outpatient counseling “to address co-occurring addiction and depression with an assessment for medication management.” Judge Susan Miller-Jones ordered him released on his own recognizance to Court Services to be evaluated and follow the recommended treatment plan. He was released on June 26 and failed to report on June 30, July 1, July 2, and July 3, so a warrant for his arrest was issued on July 8, and he was booked on that warrant when he was arrested in July. He has been in the Alachua County Jail since July, with bail set at $690,000 on four cases.

The sworn complaint for the April incident does not provide any information on when Fairley was identified as the defendant in that case or why he was not charged until August.

Incident at the jail

On January 27, a correctional officer who was undergoing training saw Fairley standing on his bed with his pants down at his knees, stroking himself while looking directly at her. A witness reportedly said that when Fairley saw the correctional officer, he said he intended to masturbate while watching her.

Post Miranda, Fairley reportedly pretended that he didn’t understand why the deputy was there, but he eventually admitted, “I pulled my [genitals] out and jacked off in front of the female officer.” He said he knew it was wrong and he knew there would be consequences, and he did not understand why he did it.

Fairley has been charged with exposing himself to a correctional officer, and an additional $50,000 bail was added to the existing $690,000 bail.

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