A New York man allegedly held a woman hostage and strangled her in her own apartment after the two met on a dating app in every woman’s worst nightmare.

Herman “Nazir” Brightman, of Central Islip, was arraigned on a slew of charges Tuesday stemming from the Sept. 23 assault in which he allegedly trapped the victim in her Bronx apartment, prosecutors said.

Brightman met the woman through Hinge and they dated for about a month before he allegedly turned abusive after she tried to end things.

The pair got into an argument inside the victim’s Parkchester apartment around 9 p.m. and the Long Island man struck her, the Bronx district attorney said.

Brightman, 30, would not let the victim leave and subjected her to both physical and sexual abuse, including strangulation, according to prosecutors.

The woman contacted her best friend who called the police before racing to the apartment to help.

The victim was able to escape with her help and get assistance, the district attorney said.

“The defendant and the victim had dated for about a month, and when she told him the relationship was over, he allegedly refused to let her leave, assaulted her and strangled her,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said.

“She endured a nightmare.”

Clark warned others “to be vigilant about intimate partner violence and use caution on dating apps.”

Brightman was arrested and arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court on charges of first-degree sexual abuse, forcible touching, second-degree strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, second-degree assault, third-degree assault, second-degree unlawful imprisonment, and fourth-degree
criminal mischief.

He is due back in court on Jan. 10, 2024.