Detectives told the Gold Coast Bulletin newspaper that the woman had been subjected to ‘a very serious assault’.
The man was said to have turned violent against the police, struggling with officers and kicking out one of the windows of a police vehicle on the way to a cell.
He was later charged with torture, deprivation of liberty, attempted murder, rape and wilful damage to a police vehicle.
His solicitor Andrew Moloney did not seek bail and said his client would undergo a mental health assessment.