20.10.2026 10:10
In the US state of Arizona, 20-year-old Adrian Ayala, who entered a house saying he wanted to use the toilet, attacked Bella Torres, who was alone with her one-year-old daughter. The moments when the young mother, struggling with the attacker to protect her daughter, punched Ayala and drove him away were caught on security camera.
In the US state of Arizona, Bella Torres, who fought against 20-year-old Adrian Ayala after he entered her home and attacked her, struggled with the attacker to protect her one-year-old daughter. The suspect, who entered the house saying he wanted to use the bathroom, grabbed the young mother by the throat. The moments when Torres tried to push the attacker away by punching him were captured on security camera, while the lawyer of the detained suspect argued in court that the incident was a prearranged role-play scenario.
HE ASKED TO USE THE BATHROOM, THEN GRABBED HER BY THE THROAT
The incident occurred on Friday in the city of Buckeye, Arizona, USA. While Bella Torres was preparing for a Halloween event with her children, her husband went to a nearby store in a Shrek costume.
Torres, left alone at home with her one-year-old daughter, thought her husband had returned when the door alarm sounded. However, the person at the door was a man she had never met.
Torres described what happened in these words: "The only thing he said was 'Can I use your bathroom?' As soon as he said the word bathroom, he lunged at me and grabbed my throat."
SHE FOUGHT TO PROTECT HER ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
The struggle between the young woman and the attacker, which began in the kitchen, continued into the bathroom. Torres said the attacker kicked her one-year-old daughter and demanded that she take off her clothes.
Seeing that her daughter was in danger, the mother tried to fight off the attacker and escape.
Torres expressed the fear she experienced, saying, "My first instinct was to protect her."
SHE PUNCHED THE ATTACKER AND CRIED FOR HELP
Finding an opportunity, Torres escaped from the attacker's grip, ran toward the door that had been left open, and began shouting for help.
Her neighbor, hearing the young woman's screams, called the police. Meanwhile, the struggle that spilled outside the house was captured on security camera.
In the footage, Torres was seen punching and pushing the attacker back. While the young woman shouted, "What is wrong with you?" the suspect replied, "I had used drugs. I am under the influence of drugs."
The suspect later said that Torres's husband had sent him. However, when the young woman asked for her husband's name, he could not answer.
HE BEGAN TO FLEE WHEN HE SAW HER HUSBAND
Torres's husband, who returned home during the incident, walked toward where the attacker was. Thereupon, the suspect ran away.
After the horror she experienced, Torres shared the security camera footage, wanting both to warn those living in the area and to help catch the attacker.
A relative of the suspect who watched the footage recognized 20-year-old Adrian Ayala and informed the police. Ayala was detained shortly afterward.
SURPRISING DEFENSE FROM HIS LAWYER: IT WAS A ROLE-PLAY SCENARIO
Ayala's lawyer, who appeared before the judge on Sunday, argued that the incident was nothing more than a major misunderstanding.
The lawyer claimed that his client had communicated with Torres's husband via Reddit and that there was a prearranged role-play scenario between the two men.
According to the defense, Ayala believed that the young woman was also aware of this scenario and had consented.
However, the judge stated that this explanation would not justify the attack and said, "Even if her husband told him he could enter the house and do these things, that is not a defense."
The court decided that there was sufficient suspicion to continue the trial on various serious charges, including aggravated assault, burglary, and sexual assault.
THE YOUNG MOTHER DENIED THE CLAIMS
Bella Torres firmly denied the scenario put forward by the suspect's lawyer. The young woman, who said that neither she nor her husband knew Ayala, recounted that the attacker had previously been seen around other houses in the neighborhood.
Torres, stating that she felt great fear after the incident, announced that she would install more cameras in her home to ensure her family's safety.
RELEASED ON $25,000 BAIL
According to court records, Adrian Ayala was released to stand trial without detention on a $25,000 bail bond.
Police teams took both Ayala's and Torres's phones for examination in order to investigate the suspect's defense regarding the role-play scenario. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.