By: Kelly Lynn Tombaugh

Kelly Lynn Tombaugh — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:27:45 +0000

I was attending my cousins wife’s birthday party. Intially it was hosted at Irish Cousins bar in Lawrence Park, P.A.. We then went to Roccos, which is right next door because everyone at Irish Cousins was watching a cage fighting tournament and Tina and I wanted to listen to some music. So we took her cake and pizza to Roccos. Roccos, also in Lawrence Park, P.A. is where I feel as though I’d been the victim of: sexual harrassment. An african american male whom I’ve never met before grabbed around my waist and rubbed his genital area over my area. He bear hugged me and I screamed about 6 times-get off of me and he just wouldn’t let go of me until my family and others pulled him off of me. I went to other side of the bar and yelled F you like # times. That was the first incident. I was sitting down with my cousin Bobby trying to calm down. My fiance went over to asked the african american male what exactly just happened because he wanted to know why he(the african american male) wasn’t letting go of me. My fiance also asked him if I Kelly Tomabugh touched him first or if he(the african american male) touched myself first. My boyfriend came back to my table and had told me that the african american male said: that I touched him first. Which is false. I do not like feeling like I’m cornered. I do not like being touched. I got up out of anger and embarrassment and “tried” to swing on him. I did not actuall get to hit him. There were no security guards or bouncers that worked at this bar. The female bartender/owner jumped over the bar when I was attempting to swing at the african american male and grabbed me around my neck, ripping my deceased grandmothers necklace off of me. That is when I grabbed her hair and said you have no right to put your hands on me. Her husband/owner came up behind me and used deadly force by administering a chokehold to the point where I couldn’t breathe. My fiance ran over and said get your hands off my girl, not knowing that the man was the “actual owner at all. I was not escorted by the owners out of their establishment. My family escorted me out and my fiance was trying to calm me down in the parking lot and then the police showed up and now they want to press harrassment charges on me and I feel like I was the victim.

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By: Kelly Lynn Tombaugh