Woman recalls terrifying date with Denver cardiologist who raped nine women he met online

A Denver female who went connected a Hinge day pinch a serial rapist has fixed terrifying specifications of what went down - arsenic he waits to study his destiny successful court. 

Allie, 34, said her brushwood pinch cardiologist Stephen Matthews successful January past twelvemonth was 'the scariest time of my life' arsenic she feared he mightiness termination her. 

'(It was) nan only clip I thought I mightiness die, honestly. I didn't cognize what was going to hap to maine if I mislaid consciousness,' she told CBS News' Brian Maass.

Matthews was convicted successful August of drugging 11 women and raping 9 of them during a four-year reign of panic from 2019 to early 2023. 

Ahead of his sentencing connected Friday, Allie, 1 of nan victims he was convicted of drugging, gave nan grisly specifications of her day pinch Matthews backmost successful January 2023.

Allie, who did not want her past sanction to beryllium used, said she connected pinch Matthews via nan Hinge making love app and was 'excited to spell connected a first day and get to cognize him'. 

She was attracted to nan since-disgraced expert by his floor plan showing he owned a canine and liked nan outdoors, and nan truth they some worked successful nan aesculapian field. 

The brace met astatine a barroom for a drink, and he suggested stepping to his townhouse to fto his canine out. 

Allie said that erstwhile there, she went to nan bathroom. When she came out, Matthews had made a her portion without asking if she wanted one. 

'I didn't want to beryllium rude and didn't want to offend him truthful I took nan drink,' she recalled to Maass.

Allie said she had only drank astir a 4th of nan solid erstwhile she started emotion sick and her reside became slurred.  

'I retrieve astatine 1 constituent falling each nan measurement to nan crushed and looking up astatine him arsenic he was astir to movie me,' she said.

At this point, Matthews placed her successful a headlock and pulled her caput backmost to forcibly buss her. She said nan position was 'painful' and she could not break free.     

'I felt for illustration I had to get out,' Allie said. 

'I knew that my expertise to power my assemblage was quickly disappearing and if I did not time off wrong minutes, I didn't deliberation I would ever beryllium capable to leave.'

She yet collapsed free and ran from Matthew's home, leaving her coat, purse and shoes behind. Allie clambered into an Uber and began vomiting uncontrollably. 

Her communicative is hauntingly akin to respective of nan different victims, who besides said they began vomiting aft being fixed a portion by Matthews. 

Allie said though that though she fazed successful and retired of consciousness astatine Matthews' home, she does not judge he raped her.  

She went to an urgent attraction halfway successful Denver nan adjacent time hoping to get tested for date-rape narcotics - but nan halfway said they did not person nan supplies.  

'I felt wholly dismissed,' she told Maass, 'like they weren't taking this seriously.'

In nan aftermath, Allie felt wholly unsocial and moreover blamed herself for nan trauma, speculating that she had conscionable drank excessively much. 

But aft reaching retired to friends, she joined a Facebook group wherever women had shared akin experiences aft gathering nan aforesaid man. 

This prompted her to study her acquisition to nan Denver Police Department, yet starring to his condemnation successful court.    

Allie said she has 'no doubt' that location are much victims retired location who are yet to beryllium identified because he was a regular connected nan making love apps. 

'I judge nan survivors who came guardant is conscionable nan extremity of nan iceberg,' she said. 

'It was a immense alleviation to person nan assemblage opportunity they believed maine and nan different women,' she said, adding that she has struggled pinch anxiety, slump and nightmares. 

'I americium going to inquire nan judge for nan maximum sentence,' Allie vowed. 

'Every azygous time there's astatine slightest a infinitesimal of my time that revolves astir this personification who wounded me.' 

Allie said she had recovered support done defense groups including nan Blue Bench and Jane Doe No More.  

Matthews is being held successful nan Denver jailhouse connected $5 cardinal enslaved and will study his destiny astatine nan sentencing connected Friday.