Founder of yogurt bar chain Pinkberry guilty of assaulting homeless man, jail no bail
Pinkberry co-founder Young Lee, convicted of assaulting a homeless man with a tire iron, is a "significant threat to the community" after threatening a witness in his trial and was ordered to jail without bail on Friday.
During closing arguments on Wednesday, Deputy Dist. Atty. Bobby Zoumberakis reminded the jury of the threat.
"Do you remember the moment when David Lee stood on the witness stand and told us he'd been threatened?" Zoumberakis asked the jury. "'I'm going to cut the throat of your mother, your wife, your daughter and you.' And remember how the air left the room because you could tell how scared David Lee was?"
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Henry Hall remembered. After the jury returned the guilty verdict on Friday, Hall determined that Young Lee, 49, must stay in custody without bail until his sentencing in January.
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