A Mobile County man accused of sexually abusing a woman and forcing her to marry him is no longer facing a kidnapping charge, according to court records.

Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Spiro Cheriogotis on Wednesday denied prosecutors’ motion to change the kidnapping charge against Roy Clowder to unlawful imprisonment, records showed.

Clowder, 38, of Coden, still faces sexual abuse and robbery charges in connection with the Oct. 11 incident.

Clowder allegedly encountered the victim at a convenience store on Dauphin Island Parkway.

He allegedly asked the woman if she could give him a ride home and on the way to the car he allegedly brandished a gun, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said.

Clowder allegedly took control of the vehicle by holding the victim at gunpoint and forced her to get into the passenger seat.

Clowder then proceeded to drive the car to a church where he made the woman “marry” him on the steps outside, officials said.

“Clowder drove the victim’s car to several locations around DIP with victim inside,” MCSO said in a statement. “Clowder even went to a local church and forced the victim to participate in a ‘mock’ wedding on the steps outside of the church.”

After her family called the police, officers called her phone. Clowder allegedly answered and then abandoned the vehicle.