A 64-year-old woman who was left in a vegetative state following a vicious attack and rape in East Harlem is not expected to recover, The Post has learned.
The woman, whose name was not released, has survived this long only due to life support equipment and is expected to die within days, Manhattan ADA Justin McNabney said at the arraignment of her alleged attacker, Frankie Harris.
The violent assault, which was captured on camera, occurred at East 111th Street near 2nd Avenue just before 11:30 p.m. May 18 — when the creep allegedly put the woman in a chokehold for three minutes, pulled her to the ground and raped her, according to authorities.
Harris, 38, of Bushwick, was arrested over the weekend and charged with attempted murder, rape and sexual abuse in connection with the attack, cops said.
When cops questioned Harris, he told detectives he’d met the woman one night in Manhattan and had consensual sex — but denied being involved in the attack, according to McNabney.
Harris switched up his story when cops showed him the surveillance footage from the assault, telling detectives he did not have sex with the woman — but was instead trying to revive her by lying atop her after watching a Puerto Rican man choke her, McNabney said.
Cops also connected Harris to the videos by a black tuxedo jacket that he picked up earlier in the night and was still wearing when he was arrested in the 83rd Precinct on a pair of bench warrants, according to McNabney.
In one of the warrants, Harris was accused of slapping a woman’s butt in Harlem, the ADA said.
In the separate warrant, Harris allegedly punched a Hispanic woman in the mouth and spat on another Hispanic woman after threatening to kill Puerto Ricans in Brooklyn.
He was charged with felony assault as a hate crime and forcible touching in the separate cases.