Frozen yogurt magnate convicted in brutal tire-iron attack of homeless man
Source: Rawstory
On Friday, a Los Angeles jury found Pinkberry co-founder Young Lee guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in the beating of a homeless man.
Lee was convicted of beating a transient near the Vermont exit of the 101 Freeway after the man approached Lee asking for money. The prosecution claimed that words were exchanged before Lee and an unnamed other man returned to their rented car, removed a tire iron, then chased down and beat the homeless man.
Lees attorney claimed that the homeless man threatened Lee, but prosecutors argued that it was a sexually explicit tattoo on the victims arm that incurred Lees wrath.
Prosecutors claim that Lee considered the tattoo a sign of disrespect, and demanded the homeless man drop to his knees and apologize for bearing it. Even though the man consented, prosecutors claim Lee kicked and beat upon the man with a tire iron.
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Orrex
(63,220 posts)What an asshole.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Response to Orrex (Reply #1)
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Archae
(46,343 posts)(Pun stolen from Rocky and Bullwinkle)
KansDem
(28,498 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)question everything
(47,521 posts)Either way, yes, bizarre story. Even if you feel threatened, you are in a car that can take off and you are threatened by a pedestrian?
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Curb Your Enthusiasm. This story is crazy.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Making a homeless guy get down on his knees and apologize for a tattoo--and then cracking his melon anyway? That's just psychotic.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)Rich People Just Care Less
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/fashion/02studied.html
They are different from you and me.
JI7
(89,262 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Aristus
(66,442 posts)But I'm taking the side of the un-armed homeless guy.
QuestForSense
(653 posts)Response to bananas (Original post)
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Orrex
(63,220 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Orrex
(63,220 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)@.@
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)And asshole.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Pinkberry is overpriced and trendy. Kind of a cute place to take a date. Not anymore.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Whether or not he still gets money from it, I'm not sure.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Unfortunately for Mr. Lee he is going to see all kinds of tattoos in the place he's going, he probably should have thought about that before he pummeled an innocent man with a tire iron.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)His own and the person he killed. I'm not sure what was going through his head when he decided to beat the guy.
reddread
(6,896 posts)worse news is the police set the example for maniacs to follow