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· Bryan Ke
Portland man behind series of anti-Asian attacks charged with third bias incident for assault and robbery
Dylan Kesterson, 34, is now facing a total of 23 charges after it was discovered that authorities had also linked him to a third bias incident in July in Portland, Oregon. In addition to being accused of attacking a Japanese father and his 5-year-old daughter on July 2 and…
· Michelle De Pacina
India frees 11 Hindu men who sexually assaulted pregnant Muslim woman, killed 7 of her family members in 2002
The 11 Hindu men who gang-raped a pregnant Muslim woman in 2002 and killed seven of her family members were freed on remission on Monday from Gujarat’s Godhra town jail. The men were previously convicted in early 2008 and given life sentences for the rape of Bilkis Bano, a…
· Michelle De Pacina
Woman arrested for ‘sickening assault’ of 89-year-old man out for a walk in Vancouver’s Chinatown
An 89-year-old man was walking in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Aug. 13 when he was approached by Patricia MacDonald, 58, who knocked him to the ground. The senior suffered minor injuries such as cuts and scrapes. MacDonald has been charged with assault and released from custody by…
· Carl Samson
Teen and 2 minors aged 11 and 13 arrested for violent assault on Asian American woman, 70, in SF
Three assailants — aged 18, 13 and 11 — were arrested for the brutal robbery of a 70-year-old Asian American woman in San Francisco on July 31. Surveillance footage shows a group of attackers punching and kicking the victim in her apartment lobby before allegedly fleeing with…
· Michelle De Pacina
Assault on 51-year-old woman in New York sparks PH consulate call for Filipinos to report hate crimes
Elmer G. Cato, the Philippine Consul General in New York, called on Filipinos to immediately report hate crimes following an assault on a 51-year-old Filipino woman in Queens. The Filipino woman was verbally assaulted and harassed by a homeless woman who allegedly tried to…
· Michelle De Pacina
Serial offender gets 5 years in prison for brutal assault of Thai model on New York City subway
The serial offender who brutally assaulted a Thai model on a New York City subway station has pleaded guilty. Kevin Douglas, 40, struck a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors and will be jailed for five years once he is sentenced in court on Aug. 9.
· Carl Samson
Japanese student says he was also assaulted by Portland man charged for attack on Japanese man, his daughter and Filipino woman
Kaito Nakajima, 21, has accused Dylan J. Kesterson of yelling at him, slapping his face and stealing his hat near a Safeway store in downtown Portland, Oregon, on June 25. Kesterson, 34, is already facing 19 charges for allegedly attacking a Japanese family on July 1 and a…
· Rebecca Moon
University student in South Korea arrested for sexual assault and falling death of classmate
A 20-year-old freshman at Inha University in Incheon, South Korea, has been arrested for allegedly raping a female classmate and causing her to fall to her death. The suspect was taken into emergency custody on Friday after the victim was found dead at 3:49 a.m. with no clothes…
· Carl Samson
Seattle man charged with assault, hate crime for attacks on 3 Asian women
Michael John Allen, 40, is facing hate crime and assault charges after allegedly attacking three Asian women in two separate incidents in downtown Seattle on July 11. During the first alleged attack, which occurred in the 500 block of Olive Way, Allen reportedly hit a woman in…
· Michelle De Pacina
NYC Little Tokyo restaurateur accused of sexually assaulting company exec in $95 million lawsuit
Shuji Bon Yagi, the 73-year-old New York City restaurateur dubbed the “Mayor of Little Tokyo,” faces a $95 million lawsuit for allegedly sexually assaulting Nozomi Horikoshi, the 51-year-old vice president of operations at his company. Horikoshi, a married mother, filed the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Viral video of man storming his ex-wife’s home before alleged sexual assault sparks outrage in China
Surveillance footage, which circulated social media on Sunday, shows a woman in China unlocking her front door when a man in a red raincoat suddenly ambushes, violently dragging the woman and a little girl into her unit in Laiyang, Shandong province, on July 6. The man, surnamed…
· Carl Samson
UMN associate dean accused of helping Chinese billionaire who allegedly sexually assaulted student
Haitao “Tony” Cui, an associate dean at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, is accused of helping JD.com founder Richard Liu downplay a sexual assault allegation. The alleged victim is a then- 21-year-old undergraduate student, who claims to have been…
· Carl Samson
6th-grade Asian girl in NYC diagnosed with PTSD after 4 male bullies allegedly assault her
A sixth-grade student identified only as Emma is an Asian immigrant enrolled at George J. Ryan Junior High School in Queens, New York. Emma has reportedly been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after being harassed and assaulted by four of her male peers over a week…
· Michelle De Pacina
Police searching for suspect who assaulted and robbed an Asian man in Hayward, California mall
A man in Hayward, California, was captured on camera robbing a motionless man on the ground before running away on Saturday morning. The suspect beat the victim and stole his jewelry in Southland Mall, according to the police. The victim, who is believed to be Filipino, is…
· Carl Samson
California man charged with hate crimes for assaulting Hispanic, Asian T-Mobile workers
Clifford Stewart, 61, has been charged with assault, vandalism and hate crimes after allegedly physically assaulting a Hispanic T-Mobile employee while yelling racial slurs at her and her Asian co-worker in Cupertino, California. The incident started when Stewart removed a store…
· Michelle De Pacina
Asian man beaten over sexual assault allegations in viral video says he ‘never forcibly touched’ anyone
The 42-year-old Asian man from Queens who was accused of sexual assault and recorded being beaten by three men in the Fulton Street station on Friday, said he “never forcibly touched any individual” in a new interview. The 35-year-old who filmed the incident allegedly claimed…
· Carl Samson
DC man sentenced to under 2 years in jail for assault that left Chinese family with cuts, bruises and fractures
Patrick Trebat, 39, has been sentenced to 630 days in jail after pleading guilty to attacking a Chinese family in Washington, D.C., last August. Prosecutors said Trebat attacked the family of three — a man, a woman and their adult son — because they spoke in a language he did…
· Rebecca Moon
Transgender and disabled TikToker says TSA sexually assaulted his girlfriend and broke his walker
A transgender and disabled TikToker claimed in a TikTok video that TSA agents at Milwaukee Mitchell Airport and Los Angeles International Airport sexually assaulted his girlfriend and broke his walker. TSA agents allegedly forced the TikToker to stand without his walker for 20…
· Carl Samson
1 in 4 self-reported incidents against Asian seniors amid COVID-19 involved physical assault
Editor’s Note: The headline of this article has been updated to reflect better accuracy. One in four self-reported incidents against Asian American seniors since the onset of COVID-19 involved physical assault, according to a new report.
· Michelle De Pacina
Suspect in two deadly assaults in Edmonton’s Chinatown is arrested
Police arrested a 36-year-old man believed by homicide detectives to be involved in two separate deaths in Chinatown in Edmonton, Canada, on Wednesday. Officers responded to an aggravated assault report at an auto body shop around 4 p.m. and found a 64-year-old man with…