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NY senator charged with assault
New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate is indicted on charges of domestic assault and criminal acts only two months after assuming office. The 41-year-old senator was accused of slashing his 29 year-old girlfriend, Karla Giraldo's face with broken glass over jealousy. The former city councilman rejected Queens District's jury charges of felony and misdemeanor, stating, "I've said all along this was accident. Karla has said all along this was accident. The district attorney's politically motivated decision to pursue this case doesn't change the fact that this was an accident." Commenting on the wound on Giraldo's face, Monserrate alleged that it happened when he accidentally stumbled with a glass of water in hand and hit the girl. However, he has been shot in a footage taken by his apartment building's surveillance camera that shows a heated argument between the couple. Monserrate, who replaced Hillary Clinton as New York's state senator in January, would face up to seven years behind bars should the court find him guilty of the accusations. Giraldo, however, has changed her original account of the incident in a new sworn affidavit that describes the whole situation as a pure accident. Posted by: Fred 2009-03-24 |
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