lice supervisor found Askew alone in the hotel room, and was surprised to see him there.

When someone mentioned the possibility that cameras were recording in her room, Yates said, Askew's own body cam recorded his reaction.  Camera in that (expletive), I hope the (expletive) not,  he said to himself.

Later, Yates said, other officers asked Askew to retrieve surveillance footage from the Country Inn   Suites. Though the cameras were in fine working order, Yates said Askew reported that they weren't operating, so there was no available footage.

On her way to the hospital from the hotel parking lot, the woman wrote on an iPad in the ambulance that she had been raped, though she would later say the last thing she remembered was being inside Hoss' Deli.

Once at Riverside Regional Medical Center, staffers ran a sexual assault kit on her to collect evidence. When Askew was confronted outside his home days later about the incident, he initially denied having sex with the woman.

 He said his lust had gotten the better of him … and he was not proud of his actions,  Yates said.  He said he messed up. 

Yates also told a judge that another woman came forward after the rape allegation against Askew became public in March. She explained that after she called officers about a peeping tom incident in late 2024, Askew was one of the officers who responded.

According to Yates, Askew kept going back to the woman's apartment, saying he was  following up  on the investigation, making unsuccessful sexual advances, complimenting her body, and saying he  understood  why the peeping tom wanted to see her.

But Supervising Federal Assissant Public Defender Keith Kimball asked the judge for a bond, noting Askew's lack of a prior criminal record.

Kimball also maintained that Askew counts the support from his wife, saying the court could count on her to monitor him at home. He has two young children living with him. Several of Askew's family members came down from New York for the hearing in a show of support.

Kimball also noted that two judges in state court had granted Askew a bond.

The state bond, set by a circuit court judge, was $200,000, which meant he would have needed to post $20,000 through a bondsman. But Askew has been unable to post that amount, which has kept him jailed since March.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Doug Miller said the case is  one of the most serious I've ever seen  as a judge.

But Miller set an unsecured bond at $5,000. He ordered that Askew remain in his home with an electronic monitoring system, and cannot leave his apartment without his probation officer's approval. Askew's wife will serve as a third-party custodian.

Immediately after Miller's decision, Yates said federal prosecutors would appeal. She asked Miller to delay the bond to allow that appeal to proceed, and he agreed.

Now, the judge overseeing the case, U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Hanes, must decide whether to back or toss Miller's bond conditions. For now, though, Askew is being held at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail.

Several of his family members declined to comment after the hearing.

Peter Dujardin, 757-897-2062, pdujardin@dailypress.com