A man has been charged with aggravated assault after shocking video emerged of him attacking his transgender ex-girlfriend on a bus.
Roy Hedman allegedly stomped on Jayla Ware's head 12 times and repeatedly punched her in the face after a Saturday night out in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Ware, 24, suffered a broken jaw, and was taken to hospital. She claimed someone spiked her drink before the attack.
Jayla Ware, 24, (above) said her face is still swollen in several places and she'll have to have surgery on her broken jaw
Footage taken on the bus shows Ware (left) arguing with Hedman (right) after she complained her drink was spiked on a night out in Charlotte, North Carolina
Ware then gets up to try and touch her ex in the face. He reacts violently and unleashes the brutal attack
Ware told WCCB Charlotte that she was in a relationship with Hedman for two-and-a-half years, but they broke up.
However, they were eating and drinking together on Saturday night before the row got heated.
She alleged that 'someone slipped something in her drink that night', and that she and Hedman were arguing about that on the bus.
The cell phone video shows Ware walk over to Hedman and touch his face. He jumps up and starts punching her and then stamps on her head repeatedly.
Police began searching the area immediately for Hedman.
He was located and arrested a short distance away from where the incident occurred, and has been charged with aggravated assault inflicting serious injury.
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Roy Hedman has been charged with assault on a female three separate times - in January 2018, December 2017 and May 2017, according to reports
In an interview with WBTV on Thursday, Ware said Hedman's sister even visited her after the attack.
She said others have also reached out to her.
'I'm glad that a lot of people really have stepped up... tried to reach out to me,' she said. 'And I thank God, because, if anything - I could have been dead.'
Ware said her face is still swollen in several places and she'll have to have surgery on her broken jaw. She says she's still in pain and has trouble swallowing and eating.
Hedman has been arrested at least 20 times in Charlotte on various charges including resisting arrest, trespassing, protective order violation, drug charges, breaking and entering, common law robbery and probation violations, Fox 19 reported.
He has also been charged with assault on a female three separate times - in January 2018, December 2017 and May 2017.
Ware can't remember anything about what happened but says she has been in fights before. This time she never punched back.
'I didn't do none of the sorts,' she said. 'I was just gone and getting my face teared through.
'It's time to slow it down a bit. I don't have time to be getting my jaw broken again,' she said.
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