Correction: Campus Safety previously reported that four Logan University students accused Maly, a former classmate, of sexual assault. Corrections have been made to clarify that the four students accused the suspect of harassing behavior starting shortly after he first enrolled as a student in 2023. The five women Maly is accused of sexually assaulting were not Logan University students.
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — A former Logan University student is accused of sexually assaulting at least five women he met on dating apps.
Yahya Maly, 28, was arrested Tuesday night and indicted on thirteen charges, including two counts of first-degree rape or attempted rape, seven counts of second-degree rape, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, and two counts of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy, First Alert 4 reports.
The alleged assaults happened between March 2023 and Feb. 2025. Logan University, a chiropractic school, confirmed Maly was a student from 2023 to 2025. All the alleged victims said Maly used the name “John” on the dating app they met him through. The alleged assaults happened at Maly’s apartment where the victims told police he pushed them down and forcefully held them against their will while he sexually assaulted them.
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According to court documents, the most recent victim said she was held against her will for seven hours on Feb. 2 and was repeatedly sexually assaulted. Another victim said Maly held her against her will for an hour and choked her.
St. Louis County Police say they believe there may be more victims. Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at 314-615-5400.
Student Victims Reported Suspect’s Harassment to Logan University
Four Logan University students, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke with 5 on Your Side about Maly’s harassing behavior when he was their classmate.
The former classmates said Maly made several female students feel uncomfortable during his time at the school.
“I know girls that within the first three months were complaining about him. And I can speak for myself, he had no problem following you and making sure you knew you were being followed around campus,” said one student. “When we would say something like, ‘He’s not keeping it professional,’ nothing was done. I looked at the person I was talking to when I made my report and I said, ‘Would you allow your mother of your daughter to see this man in clinic?’ and I was told no but that creepy wasn’t enough to do anything. I truly feel like the only reason he came here to be a doctor of chiropractic is so he could get a bigger victim pool.”
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Another student said she also reported her concerns to the school but that no action was taken.
“I tried to keep my distance. We’re practicing what we’re going to do in the office one day. Him just having lingering touches and not keeping the professional boundaries,” she said. “I was told that because it wasn’t a Title IX violation that we couldn’t really do anything, so it was basically like keeping a record of like if he’s gonna do anything off.”
According to 5 on Your Side, in 2016, two students sued Logan University under Title IX and other state laws, alleging the school failed to protect them against stalking and sexual harassment by another student. A federal judge dismissed the case several years later, saying the school investigated the complaint to the fullest extent possible and that there was no evidence that it was “deliberately indifferent” to the complaint.
Maly is being held on a $500,000 cash bond. He is scheduled for his bond hearing on Feb. 20.
