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  • Wally

    June 25, 2011 10:51 p.m. Wally SuperDork

    How do you plead guilty to sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching and harassment and get 5 days community service?

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/06/24/new.york.banker.guilty/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

    New York (CNN) -- An Egyptian executive accused of sexually abusing an employee at a luxury hotel in New York pleaded guilty Friday to sex abuse in the third degree and will also face a $5 million lawsuit tied to the case, his attorney said.

    Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar, 74, the chairman of a salt company who once headed an Egyptian bank, had originally been charged with sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching and harassment.

    He was sentenced to five days' community service, which Omar has already completed. He must also submit his DNA to the state database, said Joan Vollero, a representative for the Manhattan district attorney.

  • Will

    June 26, 2011 1:02 a.m. Will HalfDork

    The ending of Lethal Weapon 2 comes to mind.

  • EastCoastMojo

    June 26, 2011 7:45 a.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork

    The dude is 74 and still committing assault? I say still because this can't be his first offense. Wow. Big Money is a hell of a drug.

  • Dr. Hess

    June 26, 2011 7:58 a.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork

    To set a precedent for, say, if the head of the IMF did the same thing in the same district. Duh.

  • integraguy

    June 26, 2011 10:50 a.m. integraguy SuperDork

    ".....forcible touching".

    The term makes me think of that Monty Python episode that involved the running gag of the Spanish Inquisition.

    At one point, the priests(?) "torture" an elderly woman by forcing her to sit in a comfy chair while they poke her quite gently with pillows. I realize that is NOT what was involved here, just what first came to my mind when I read this.

  • keethrax

    June 26, 2011 10:55 a.m. keethrax HalfDork

    Dr. Hess wrote:

    To set a precedent for, say, if the head of the IMF did the same thing in the same district. Duh.

    Eh, the "if you're rich enough, the law doesn't apply to you" precedent was set a long, long time ago. (But I still +1'ed your reply)

 
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