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Runner who slapped reporter's butt on live TV is youth minister, Boy Scout leader [View all]
Tommy Callaway has been identified as the Georgia man caught on camera slapping a reporter on her butt during a live TV broadcast.
The incident happened during a 10K Savannah Bridge Run race in Savannah, Georgia on Saturday. As WSAV-TV reporter Alex Bozarjian anchored the live segment, runners streamed by, mugging for the camera. Suddenly, a man can be seen hitting Bozarjian on her behind, which prompts a look of shock from the reporter.
Since then, the video and story spread on social media, and the runner was quickly identified by his outfit and bib number. Now, new details have trickled out about Callaway.
According to Heavy.com, Callaway is 43, and a resident of Statesboro, Georgia. He is married, has daughters, works as a salesman at Swedish Match and is a youth minister at his church, Pittman Park UMC. His LinkedIn profile also says he has been a Boy Scouts of America Scout Leader since 1987.
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“I was caught up in the moment. I was getting ready to bring my hands up and wave to the camera to the audience, there was a misjudge in character and decision-making,” he told the news program. “I touched her back; I did not know exactly where I touched her.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2019/12/runner-who-slapped-reporters-butt-on-live-tv-is-youth-minister-boy-scout-leader.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=oregonian_sf
The incident happened during a 10K Savannah Bridge Run race in Savannah, Georgia on Saturday. As WSAV-TV reporter Alex Bozarjian anchored the live segment, runners streamed by, mugging for the camera. Suddenly, a man can be seen hitting Bozarjian on her behind, which prompts a look of shock from the reporter.
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Since then, the video and story spread on social media, and the runner was quickly identified by his outfit and bib number. Now, new details have trickled out about Callaway.
According to Heavy.com, Callaway is 43, and a resident of Statesboro, Georgia. He is married, has daughters, works as a salesman at Swedish Match and is a youth minister at his church, Pittman Park UMC. His LinkedIn profile also says he has been a Boy Scouts of America Scout Leader since 1987.
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“I was caught up in the moment. I was getting ready to bring my hands up and wave to the camera to the audience, there was a misjudge in character and decision-making,” he told the news program. “I touched her back; I did not know exactly where I touched her.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2019/12/runner-who-slapped-reporters-butt-on-live-tv-is-youth-minister-boy-scout-leader.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=oregonian_sf
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