Lazy, bloodsucking union employee

[pauldun170]

Cops: Greenwich Republican Insulted Town Worker, Then Pinched Her Groin

GREENWICH, Conn. — A well-known Greenwich Republican called a town worker "nothing but a bloodsucking lazy union employee" and later reached in from behind to place his hand between her legs and pinch her in the groin area, according to the police arrest warrant.

Christopher von Keyserling, 71, of 402 Post Road E., was arrested in Greenwich Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon and charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, police said. He posted $2,500 bond and was released to appear in court on Jan. 25.

The incident began at about noon Dec. 8 when the 57-year-old woman encountered von Keyserling in the hallway of an unnamed town facility, the warrant said.

The two briefly spoke about politics and the woman told him that "it was a new world politically" and he had to educate his fellow politicians, the warrant said. Von Keyserling is a member of Greenwich's Representative Town Meeting.

He allegedly replied: "I love this new world, I no longer have to be politically correct," according to the warrant.

She told him that if he was "proud of that I can't help you," after which he called her a lazy, bloodsucking union employee, the warrant said.

She uttered "(expletive deleted) you" and walked into her office, the warrant said. She said he followed her into the office and said he wanted to talk with her co-worker, the warrant said.

When that co-worker walked in, she said she didn't have time to speak with him and left the office, the warrant said. The 57-year-old woman decided to leave with her co-worker because she didn't want to be alone with him, the warrant said.

As she walked by, he allegedly pinched her in the groin area, according to the warrant. She threatened to punch him if he ever did that again, the warrant said.

She said he "looked back with a really evil look in his eyes and said, 'it would be your word against mine and nobody will believe you,'" according to the warrant.

On the following day, the woman accompanied by a friend and the town's Assistant Director of Human Resources went to the police department to report the incident, the warrant said. She said that she didn't want to have a criminal complaint laid against him.

A detective called von Keyserling at 6:35 p.m. and told him he was to not have any contact with the complainant and to stay away from the facility until he was contacted by the facility's executive director, the warrant said.

He told the detective that he understood and that it was all a misunderstanding, the warrant said. "He related that he was sorry he pinched her, and ... it has gotten this out of hand," according to the arrest warrant.

On Dec 16, the woman returned to police headquarters because she now wanted to move forward with the complaint, the warrant said. She said she had originally been reluctant to go forward due to a fear of retribution and the possible publicity that an investigation could bring, the warrant said.

She told the officer that she learned he had allegedly acted in a similar way with other employees and that he had told other individuals at Town Hall that the incident between the two of them was a joke, the warrant said. She said she was compelled to come forward to prevent similar acts from happening against other women, the warrant said.

Police also spoke with her about a meeting she had with von Keyserling on Dec. 9, the warrant said. He had been told to stay away from the facility and that if had concerns about that to speak with Human Resources. She had another employee sit in with her because she told police she wasn't comfortable with meeting him alone, the warrant said.

She declined to speak about the complaint, prompting him to say, "Was this about the little pinch I gave?" and further adding it was a joke and that he couldn't believe the 57-year-old woman could be offended, the warrant said. He said that he and the woman have "that kind" of a relationship. He added that "he is the kind of guy that like to embarrass his teenage daughter and he calls it a 'gig' and that's what this was 'a gig.'" He asked whether he could apologize but was told to not contact the victim and stay away from the facility.

Police said video footage from a surveillance camera on the day of the incident is consistent with the sequence of events described by the complainant.
http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/pol...ed-town-worker-then-pinched-her-groin/696124/

To sum up the "original commentary"
Some idiot actually did the crotch grab.

 

[Sinsear]

No commentary...

 

[MongGrel]

So at this point the OP is just struggling to be a troll for grins and giggles, apparently.

 

[Double Trouble]

Is there some relevance to this story, or are you just grabbing and posting random small town news pieces now?

 

[norseamd]

No commentary...

The de facto whining crutch used, particularly at one other site, when some people have problems with politics. I guess at least you dont seem to calling for the thread to be shut down.

 

[norseamd]

Are people really this dense and lacking in any pattern recognition ability?

 

[Jhhnn]

Are people really this dense and lacking in any pattern recognition ability?

Deliberately so.

 

[Commodus]

Is there some relevance to this story, or are you just grabbing and posting random small town news pieces now?

Surely you can make the logical connections here.

Some people on the right saw Trump's win as permission to unleash their bigotry on the world. See the sudden surge in hate crimes after the election as further evidence. "I can be as sexist, racist and homophobic/transphobic as I want to be. Thanks, Trump!"

 

[Homerboy]

Surely you can make the logical connections here.

Some people on the right saw Trump's win as permission to unleash their bigotry on the world. See the sudden surge in hate crimes after the election as further evidence. "I can be as sexist, racist and homophobic/transphobic as I want to be. Thanks, Trump!"

Those people won't acknowledge the connection -- they've already refused to do so clambering at "main stream media bias" and other flimsy excuses.

 

[Sinsear]

The de facto whining crutch used, particularly at one other site, when some people have problems with politics. I guess at least you dont seem to calling for the thread to be shut down.

Is that the other site where you were banned from the politics section?

It used to be a requirement here for commentary. I know how that vexes you as you're the top youtube link & run guy...norseshit

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Is that the other site where you were banned from the politics section?

It used to be a requirement here for commentary. I know how that vexes you as you're the top youtube link & run guy...norseshit

Wasn't that long ago threads without comnentary in the OP would be locked or closed.

 

[norseamd]

Is that the other site where you were banned from the politics section?

It used to be a requirement here for commentary. I know how that vexes you as you're the top youtube link & run guy...norseshit

I dont have a problem with commentary, but its not like all stories or subjects need some commentary to legitimize themselves.

 

[dphantom]

Wasn't that long ago threads without comnentary in the OP would be locked or closed.

It would be nice to see that again.

 

[momeNt]

I dont have a problem with commentary, but its not like all stories or subjects need some commentary to legitimize themselves.

Without commentary it defeats the purpose of a forum. This isn't reddit. If the issue is important to you, you should be able to put together a comment to go along with a story.

 

[Thump553]

My commentary:
1) Greenwich is a very rich suburb of NYC. We are not talking about some hick town somewhere.
2) Fourth degree sexual assault is the lowest level under CT law, but if convicted he will be classified as a sex offender. I guessing basically the existence of the security camera footage boxed the police into charging on this when they didn't really want to.
3) My experience from spending too much time in too many town halls (not Greenwich): Town halls tend to have too many politician types around with too little to do, adamant political beliefs and a vastly inflated sense of their worth and responsibility. Sounds like this defendant fits that to a T.
4) Trump is a hell of a role model.

 

[momeNt]

Reports are that the pussy grabbing was a sort of office joke. Will be interesting to see if he had grabbed her pussy before and just now is pressing charges because she took offense to something else in their conversation.

 

[Darwin333]

Jesus H Christ on a stick did the author really need to include "the warrant said" and "according to the warrant" after every damn sentence? How does that shit make it past an editor?

 

[Darwin333]

My commentary:
1) Greenwich is a very rich suburb of NYC. We are not talking about some hick town somewhere.
2) Fourth degree sexual assault is the lowest level under CT law, but if convicted he will be classified as a sex offender. I guessing basically the existence of the security camera footage boxed the police into charging on this when they didn't really want to.
3) My experience from spending too much time in too many town halls (not Greenwich): Town halls tend to have too many politician types around with too little to do, adamant political beliefs and a vastly inflated sense of their worth and responsibility. Sounds like this defendant fits that to a T.
4) Trump is a hell of a role model.

I'd wager a weeks pay that if the charges go through he will be offered a plea deal for lesser crime in which he doesn't end up a registered sex offender.

 

[momeNt]

I'd wager a weeks pay that if the charges go through he will be offered a plea deal for lesser crime in which he doesn't end up a registered sex offender.

Similar to the football player plea deal. An act involving genitals/privates doesn't always have to be a sex act.

 

[Brainonska511]

Reports are that the pussy grabbing was a sort of office joke. Will be interesting to see if he had grabbed her pussy before and just now is pressing charges because she took offense to something else in their conversation.

Perhaps you'd like to share the links of these "reports".

 

[momeNt]

Perhaps you'd like to share the links of these "reports".

The woman also told police that she’d heard of him acting in a similar way toward other employees, and that he’d been referring to the groping as “a joke.” She felt obligated to come forward to prevent similar things from happening to other women, the warrant said.

http://jezebel.com/connecticut-politician-arrested-for-grabbing-womans-gro-1791231208

 

[theeedude]

So "locker room" stuff?

 

[Paratus]

http://jezebel.com/connecticut-politician-arrested-for-grabbing-womans-gro-1791231208

(You ought to be careful linking Jezebel, you'll trigger Bluemax )

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/pol...ed-town-worker-then-pinched-her-groin/696124/

Hmm what could he possibly (allegedly) mean here:

He allegedly replied: "I love this new world, I no longer have to be politically correct," according to the warrant.

This quote seems to suggest he's done this kind of stuff before, including with his daughter....

He said that he and the woman have "that kind" of a relationship. He added that "he is the kind of guy that like to embarrass his teenage daughter and he calls it a 'gig' and that's what this was 'a gig.'" He asked whether he could apologize but was told to not contact the victim and stay away from the facility.

Looks like the surveillance state isn't all bad.

Police said video footage from a surveillance camera on the day of the incident is consistent with the sequence of events described by the complainant.

So how many other conservatives feel that being un-PC means assault is ok?

 

[Thebobo]

Wasn't that long ago threads without comnentary in the OP would be locked or closed.

No one likes a snitch

I was going to post this as well.

 

[Homerboy]

Reports are that the pussy grabbing was a sort of office joke. Will be interesting to see if he had grabbed her pussy before and just now is pressing charges because she took offense to something else in their conversation.

I don't think you're familiar with how sexual harassment works. In sexual harassment cases, the accused could have said/done the same thing many times previously without any sort of complaint by the victim. But then one time, the victim feels it is too much or they've had enough or ... whatever and the accused is on the hook. That's how it works. So you think everyone at the office is cool with this sexist comments because every one is laughing and nobody has ever complained? Well, that might not last forever.