A wheelchair-bound lawyer who suffers from cerebral palsy and cannot control the movement of his arms and legs astonishingly faces charges he sexually assaulted a judge while they were alone in a Queens office, authorities said. Hippocrates "Chicho" Mertsaris, 35, is accused of slapping a 40-year-old administrative judge for the Taxi and Limousine Commission on the rear end in October as she walked near him in a small room in the commission's Long Island City office, according to court documents.
An attorney for Mertsaris, a TLC lawyer, says his client has "no voluntary control of his arms or legs." "We are not saying he didn't touch her, but he didn't grab her or feel her up. Nothing like that," said attorney Wyatt Gibbons. "It was nothing sexual." But the judge, whose name has been withheld because she is considered a sex-crime victim, decided to press charges, and Mertsaris was charged.
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4 comments:
He is using his disability as a defense for what he did. He has has grabbed many other women in the past. Several people have witnessed him do this to women for many years.
He is using his disability as a defense for what he did. He has has grabbed many other women in the past. Several people have witnessed him do this to women for many years.
Oh please, remember the oregon case where a couple boys where prosecuted for consensually slapping two girls butts as a play thing, it happens all the time, in fact parents often give their kids a spank on the butt or a cane in certain cases depending on background or religion or attitude , its not using a disability as a mental disability you are talking about palsy which is more serious , what a waste.
I'll add the the DN did not fully report the story of the timing she was in the tiny office coincidentally its strange.
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