Married businessman, 44, who helped in Hurricane Sandy rebuild 'repeatedly raped his niece over three years from when she was just 15 and tied her up with rope so he could perform oral sex'

  • Steven Mezynieski has been accused of repeatedly raping his niece
  • Teenager said in lawsuit that abuse started while they were vacationing in FL 
  • According to lawsuit, the girl was first assaulted when she was 15 years old 
  • The alleged abuse lasted from 2012 to 2014, court documents show 
  • If convicted of the most serious offense, Mezynieski faces 25 years in prison 
  • Following Hurricane Sandy Mezynieski's excavation company helped rebuild many of the dunes protecting multi-million dollar homes along the oceanfront

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 09:28 EST, 3 February 2017 | Updated: 09:48 EST, 3 February 2017

Long Island farm owner and businessman, Steven Mezynieski, has been accused of repeatedly raping his underage niece for three years, according to a lawsuit

A Long Island farm owner and businessman has been accused of repeatedly raping his niece subjecting her to three years of abuse. 

Steven Mezynieski, who was arrested and charged with sexual assault last August, has entered a not guilty plea and maintains his innocence. 

The teenager says in the civil lawsuit filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court that the 44-year-old first sexually assaulted her when she was 15 years old, according to the New York Daily News.  

The girl says the abuse started when she went on vacation with Mezynieski to Punta Gorda, Florida.

Mezynieski, who owns Driftwood Farms and the Steven Mezynieski, Inc., excavation firm, is also accused of using rope to restrain the teen in order to perform oral sex on her without consent, according to the Daily News. 

That particular incident allegedly took place at the Driftwood Farms property that he purchased for $2million with his wife.

The lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday, alleges that the abuse took place between 2012 and 2014. 

In the summer of 2014, he allegedly pushed the victim, then 18, onto a bed and forced her to have intercourse while she tried to fend him off, the court documents say.

'This man is a sick human being,' the girl's lawyer, Rosemarie Arnold, told the Daily News. 

Mezynieski, who owns Driftwood Farms (pictured), is also accused of using rope to restrain the teen in order to perform oral sex on her without consent. That particular incident allegedly took place at the Driftwood Farms property that he bought for $2million with his wife

His arrest followed an investigation by the State Police Troop L Major Crimes Unit. 

Mezynieski's lawyer, Edward Burke, told reporters at the time of the arrest that his client 'adamantly denies the charges leveled against him'. 

Following Hurricane Sandy Mezynieski's excavation company helped rebuild many of the dunes protecting multi-million dollar homes along the oceanfront, according to 27East.com.

If convicted, Mezynieski faces 25 years in prison. 

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