Peng Tang's Sexual Assault Trial Scheduled for October

Peng Tang's day in court to face his sexual assault charge looks to be coming this fall, at least at the moment.

According to online court documents, Tang, 21, of Iowa City has waived his right to a speedy trial within 90 days of the accusation. This has allowed the trial that had been scheduled for June 5 to be moved to Oct. 16, with a pretrial conference on Oct. 5.

Incidentally, court records show that Tang's birthday is Oct. 19.

Tang has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the 1000 block of West Benton Street on March 29.

The woman told police that as she showed Tang the bedroom in her apartment,  he closed the door behind them and locked it, grabbing her hands behind her back and attempting to bind them. The woman said she tried to speak to the Tang but he put a towel into her mouth, then forced her to turn her cell phone off, then sexually assaulted her.

The man allegedly told the woman that he had a knife during the episode. He also took sexually explicit photos of the woman and threatened to post them online if she called police, according to the criminal complaint.

Investigation of the incident, including assistance from the woman, led the police to Tang within 24 hours.

You can read more details about the investigation into the assault .