#NYC livery driver charged with raping 12-year-old girl beat her unconscious first: DA

A livery cab driver charged with raping a 12-year-old girl in the backseat of his car allegedly threatened her with a gun and beat her unconscious during the vicious assault, according to Brooklyn prosecutors.

Rafael Martinez, 32, allegedly picked up the young passenger in Fort Greene at 6 p.m. Monday and was supposed to take her to her Bedford-Stuyvesant home, police said.

During the ride, Martinez pulled the car over on Bergen Street, allegedly pulled a black firearm from the glove compartment and loaded silver bullets into the chamber as he told her, “If you say anything, these bullets are for you,” the criminal complaint states.

The driver then climbed into the backseat, repeatedly punched the girl in the face and slammed her head against the window until she lost consciousness, court papers allege.

She told police that she faded in and out as the defendant continued to rape and sodomize her, according to the complaint.

Martinez then got up and allegedly brandished the firearm, as he snarled, “If you tell anybody, I know where you live, I’ll come to get you and your family,” the papers say.

He drove to a second location at Herkimer Street and Bancroft Place, where he climbed into the backseat and allegedly raped the child again. After the attack, Martinez dropped her off at her home.

The young girl was taken to Woodhull Hospital and cops were called there, according to police.

Authorities were able to track down Martinez through his employer, Evelyn Car Services.

Martinez was arraigned Tuesday night in Brooklyn Supreme Court on 11 counts of first-degree rape, criminal sexual act, assault and other raps and ordered held on $200,000 bail.

His lawyer’s name wasn’t immediately available.