Colorado TV Tech Charged After Giving Customer 'Bear Hug'

[ghosttruck]

I'm gonna dedicate this one to @SimplySpaztastic because she feels so passionately about this particular story

A Colorado television technician is facing felony charges for allegedly hugging a customer tightly.

Karen Loest told a local news outlet that David Novinski, a subcontractor for Dish Network, gave her a "bear hug," pinning her arms and chest painfully, as she was showing him out after he completed his work this month.

The 70-year-old former sheriff's deputy said feared she might be raped. She said she pushed him away and told him to leave and he waited awhile and apologized before leaving.

He is charged with trespassing and causing bodily injury to an at-risk adult.

His attorney, Mike McCullough, said Novinski often hugs people and gave Loest a three-second hug before leaving.

Colorado TV tech charged after giving customer 'bear hug'

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado television technician is facing felony charges for allegedly hugging a customer tightly. Karen Loest told a local news outlet that David Novinski, a subcontractor for Dish Network, gave her a "bear hug," pinning her arms and chest painfully, as she was showing him out...

abc3340.com

 

[cubby]

This was a contracted business transaction, and not with his grandma, just say bye and get the hell out!

 

[SimplySpaztastic]

Christ Almighty. I don't even know what to say.

 

[spiff]

Daaaaaamn this bitch is an insufferable drama queen.

“I walked over to see him out, and he proceeded to turn and put me in a bear hug,” Loest said.

This 70-year-old former Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy said she was terrified.

“At that point, I didn’t know whether I was going to be raped … thrown down on the floor,” she said. “He has me pinned — my arms and chest — and it hurt.”

[...]

Loest says she’s physically OK now, but suffers emotionally and has been concerned for her safety.

“[Novinski] scared me,” she said. “I didn’t sleep for two or three days after that and I’m still not sleeping well. He knows where I live.”

[...]

A protective order has been issued ordering Novinski to stay away from Loest.

https://kdvr.com/2019/04/18/dish-ne...llegedly-bear-hugging-elbert-county-customer/

Should he be fired? Absolutely, that's some weird fucking behavior! But why are the courts involving themselves with this psycho's claim that a hug caused her actual harm? This is when the judge should mock her dramatic ass in court, not actually grant a restraining order.

 

[cubby]

She's a retired sheriff's deputy, I'm sure she's had more dramatic days than being hugged by a dumbass. He may have meant well but shouldn't have ever touched her, but claiming PTSD over this is ridiculous.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

She's a drama queen. But why the hell is he giving out unsolicited bear hugs to customers?! Needy much?
All that dorky creepy touchy feely stuff backfired on Biden too.

 

[Babs]

Well, ya know how those with a wonky eye aint all there...

 

[JamesEllroy]

Creepy guy needed to keep his hugs reserved for his old auntie and not customers. When I worked services jobs I shook men's hands, rarely ladies, and only if they extended their hands first. Fire him? Yes, probably, a serial hugger won't change, and he will wreck your business. Restraining order? Well, I did know a serial hugger who ended up coming back to a client later in the evening and raping her. You never know. This is too hard for me, with experiences to call. Better to err on the side of caution when in doubt. Sorry, I'm very sympathetic to this ladies fears.

 

[Benighted]

I don't see where it says she's claiming PTSD from this, I mean surely a sheriff's deputy has seen much worse? I wonder if she already has PTSD and he triggered it. I have c-PTSD and any stranger touching me, especially unexpectedly, is going to garner a bad reaction and if it happened in my own home someone's probably gonna end up hurt. So I could see it from that angle.

 

[Babs]

I don't see where it says she's claiming PTSD from this, I mean surely a sheriff's deputy has seen much worse? I wonder if she already has PTSD and he triggered it. I have c-PTSD and any stranger touching me, especially unexpectedly, is going to garner a bad reaction and if it happened in my own home someone's probably gonna end up hurt. So I could see it from that angle.

What is c-PTSD? I have "developmental. long-term multi-trauma PTSD" and have been going to a certified EMDR therapist going on 3 years now. Never heard of "c-PTSD" so please enlighten me? Thanks.

 

[Benighted]

What is c-PTSD? I have "developmental. long-term multi-trauma PTSD" and have been going to a certified EMDR therapist going on 3 years now. Never heard of "c-PTSD" so please enlighten me? Thanks.

Sounds like it might be a very similar thing. The C stands for Complex. It's not a separate stand alone diagnosis yet but there's promise it might be in the DSM-VI when it comes out.

 

[Babs]

Sounds like it might be a very similar thing. The C stands for Complex. It's not a separate stand alone diagnosis yet but there's promise it might be in the DSM-VI when it comes out.

Ok, yes, I have heard that term before. Just plain forgot! Thanks. XO

 

[Fellofftheporch]

I'm sorry but I laughed when I read this. On the one hand weirdo with the wall eye should not be hugging people he don't know... and on the other hand she sounds like someone that needed a hug cause she is all sorts of ridiculous.

 

[Sejanus]

Damn granny you could have some young bearded dick inside you if you'd have played your cards right