Columbia Professor’s Domestic Violence Case Tossed
A Columbia professor we reported on recently has had her domestic violence case tossed.
The New York Daily News reports.
Columbia University professor who trains cops in conflict resolution has her domestic violence case dismissed
A Columbia University professor who trains city cops and firefighters on conflict resolutions had her domestic violence case tossed on Friday.
Joann Baney, who teaches at the School of International and Public Affairs, was busted in a Valentine’s Day alleged attack on her live-in boyfriend Walter Frey.
The 54-year-old Ivy League educator slugged the ex-cop boyfriend as he slept in their Upper West Side home about 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 14, officials said.
Frey, 46, had cuts on his ear and neck, court papers said.
“I hit him because he cheated on me,” she allegedly told a responding cop.
Prosecutors said they could not prove the misdemeanor assault charge beyond a reasonable doubt and moved for a dismissal in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Frey, a retired NYPD sergeant, declined to cooperate with prosecutors, forcing a dismissal, a source said.
Baney covered her face and declined to comment on her way out the courthouse.
A woman accompanying the professor swung at a Daily News photographer with her purse.
Columbia University professor who trains cops in conflict resolution has her domestic violence case dismissed (New York Daily News)
Comments
I suspect if a man slugged a sleeping, live-in girlfriend while she slept, caused visible injuries, and confessed his crime to the police, the DA would have prosecuted even if the girlfriend refused to cooperate.
It’d be “throw the book at the bum.”