Man ordered to stand trial for allegedly accosting Elie Wiesel

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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"The man accused of accosting Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel in a San Francisco hotel must stand trial on all six felony counts filed against him, a judge ruled today.

Eric Hunt, 23, of New Jersey is accused of attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment, battery, stalking and two counts of elder abuse in the Feb. 1 incident in which he allegedly grabbed the 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner and took him off an elevator at the Argent Hotel."

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"In ordering Hunt to stand trial, Kahn said found evidence to support all the allegations. The fact that Hunt traveled across the country from his home in New Jersey to confront Wiesel was an indication he had been stalking him and could have posed a threat, the judge said.

"There was a plan for Mr. Hunt to take Mr. Wiesel against his will," to Hunt's room, Kahn said. There are also indications Hunt intended to harm Wiesel if he did not renounce the Holocaust, the judge said.

Wiesel testified last week that the experience left him feeling "violated" and more frightened than he had been since World War II. "The shock to me was so great that I lost a sense of time and space," Wiesel said."






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One less vile scumbag on the street would be nice.

and with no warning!!!! I know he is still working for good. He accompanied George Clooney to the UN to fight for help for the victims of Darfur.