Conn. Republican arrested for grabbing womans genitals his lawyer says it was a playful gesture

[WhiteTara]

Source: Raw Story

A local Republican politician in Connecticut was arrested for allegedly pinching a female employee’s genitals, reports the Westport Daily Voice.

Christopher von Keyserling, 71, was arrested Wednesday in Greenwich Town Hall and charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, a misdemeanor. He was released on a $2,500 bond and given a court date of Jan. 25.

Von Keyserling has served on the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting board since 1985.

The incident, which took place in December 2016, began when the 57-year-old woman encountered von Keyserling in the hallway. The two had a brief political argument, in which von Keyserling remarked, “I love this new world, I no longer have to be politically correct.”

When the woman tried to walk away, von Keyserling allegedly reached from behind to place his hand between her legs and pinched her in the groin. He said “it would be your word against mine and nobody will believe you,” the woman claimed.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/conn-republican-arrested-for-grabbing-womans-genitals-his-lawyer-says-it-was-a-playful-gesture/

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They are all POS

[onecaliberal]

1. It's sexual fucking assault

[WhiteTara]

2. But don't worry

It's just a misdemeanor. After all, he's got the power and she doesn't...stupid uppity woman! How dare she have an opinion.

[Stonepounder]

4. Thank You, Mr. (illegitimate)President(not_really_elected_honestly)! n/t

[trueblue2007]

36. SHE SHOULD SUE HIM FOR MILLIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yuiyoshida]

59. hell yes....

teach em to "Grab em by the pussy"

地獄に行くドナルドトランプ!!! 私はこの種の傲慢さが嫌いです!

[Dustlawyer]

61. Yes! There is a reason for political correctness, but this type of act has nothing to do

with political correctness, it is sexual assault and battery!

[yuiyoshida]

83. Tell that to the FAT CAT

People in possession of power. They think they can do that cause they are leaders in this Nation. The thing is they are supposed to be lawful leaders, not OUTLAW leaders.

[elmac]

3. It called the trump affect

and its perpetrated by dirty old white males who think they are Gods gift to women.

[WhiteTara]

5. They're not all old...but

generally they are white. And they don't care if they are a gift...women had better f*ing submit because they are less than.

[oberliner]

6. Generally they are white?

What are you basing that on?

[WhiteTara]

8. Statistics.

General knowledge of white male privilege.

Sorry if that touched a nerve.

[oberliner]

10. Link?

Which statistics?

No nerve, just like to see the study you are citing.

[WhiteTara]

12. google is still your friend

https://www.amren.com/news/2015/07/new-doj-statistics-on-race-and-violent-crime/

http://www.sarsonline.org/resources-stats/reports-laws-statics
The average age of rapists at arrest is 31. Fifty-two percent are white; twenty-two percent of imprisoned rapists report that they are married. (SOO, 1997)

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/apr/02/sally-kohn/sally-kohn-white-men-69-percent-arrested-violent/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/apr/02/sally-kohn/sally-kohn-white-men-69-percent-arrested-violent/

I'd add some copy but the statistics are in block form, but the information is there. These are only 3 links, there are others if you care to google.

[Deuce]

32. Thanks for the links.

[WhiteTara]

45. You're welcome

[calimary]

42. EXCELLENT resource material!

Good to have! The numbers don't lie. The trump effect. Liar, sexual predator/"role model'. Fuck! I hope women get militant from coast to coast!

Thanks for posting these, WhiteTara. I made a copy of them.

[WhiteTara]

46. You're welcome and I hope that

women are becoming more aware of what is really happening.

I saw an article about some State Congressman (r are of course) who stated that women are to submit to the will of their husbands. Yikes! Back to the stone ages.

[oberliner]

112. What do these links have to do with the article?

Or with your claim?

[WhiteTara]

19. Stunning isn't it?

White Male Privilege exists and only White Men can eradicate it.

[fleur-de-lisa]

26. +1000

[AgadorSparticus]

84. +1000!!!!

[LanternWaste]

98. I'd allege no nerve as well

I'd allege no nerve as well, especially considering the relevant link provided validating the original premise.

[WhiteTara]

101. No nerve pressed

or no nerve to respond?

[Rural_Progressive]

14. If you reorder the words in your statement you will be closer to their mindset

and its perpetrated by dirty old white males who think "women are god's gift to them"

[WhiteTara]

47. So true, so true. nt

[cstanleytech]

28. How do you explain Ben Carson or Clarence Thomas then?

[Nay]

78. Oreos have always existed. nt

[cstanleytech]

86. I prefer to assign them a more accurate name and that name is assholes.

Doesn't matter what race, gender or political affiliation they claim to support they are still assholes.

[crazycatlady]

7. So he took Trump's advice?

[WhiteTara]

9. I don't know if it was advice

but it sure was his stated lead.

[sarcasmo]

11. The new Republican move is called

The Trump pussy grab, our country has lost it's mind.

[WhiteTara]

13. Is it a wonder that women are assembling in DC

to state that we won't be grabbed?

[Rural_Progressive]

15. My dear wife is staying in Seattle an extra day for the march there

She bought her pink yarn while she was in CA visiting with her parents and is currently knitting the wool P**sy that shall not be grabbed.

Weak men are afraid of strong women, doesn't much matter what race, creed, nationality, or religion. Your statistics may be valid for the US but as I have no doubt you are aware, there are much bigger problems for women in other nations and cultures.

My brain isn't able to process the mindset. I try to hang out with competent, capable, caring, aware people. Never have understood why I should care what gender, race, age, or religion the people I admire are.

[WhiteTara]

18. Welcome to DU!

I gave up using cell phones about 7 or 8 years ago because of the women of the Congo. Coltan is a rare earth mineral that lies under the lands of many villages. To extract this necessary item (it keeps the batteries of your cell phone from burning your ears) the women were systematically raped and the villages were destroyed to move the people off the land. Every time I used my phone, I could hear their blood gurgling in my ear. I couldn't take the guilt so I am inconvenienced from time to time.

[Rural_Progressive]

22. Just one more nasty surprise

they just keep coming. We are so far out in the boonies that there is no hard wired phone available for us. We stop using cell phones we go out of business, not to mention the safety factor of not being able to call for help if we get in trouble.

Just read up a little on it. Turns out, short of cutting yourself off from all electronic devices it's pretty tough to avoid being in contact with it. This is what is suggested to deal with "conflict" minerals:

"Controlling the flow of conflict coltan involves comprehensive action by governments, industry and activists. But that’s difficult: U.S. and European firms are looking at certification of coltan, but since manufacturers in China and India use the bulk of the world’s supply, certification efforts will fail if those countries do not participate." - from The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

[WhiteTara]

24. I realize I was a Luddite

in the 70s and never thought of it. I realized that the only way to maintain human contact was to cut all the phone lines....of course I use all kinds of communication devices, but since I don't NEED cell service, I find it better to use my land line and answering machine.

[Rural_Progressive]

35. I appreciate your thoughts

and I personally have a great distaste for "smartphones" and would get rid of mine in a heartbeat if there was a good alternative. Kinda like my diesel pickup truck, when I can haul a trailer that weighs 10k lbs behind an electric or hybrid vehicle that can survive my 5 miles of gravel road (and we can afford it, small farms aren't great ways to gain mass amounts of monetary wealth) I'll be in line for mine.

We are currently in a situation where all we are seeing are trees, things are happening so quickly it is almost impossible to gain enough altitude to look down and see the big picture.

So many good things about social media and instant contact and so many devastatingly bad things as well. I guess we can only hang on, try to keep our intentions as pure as possible, exchange important information like you did by telling me about coltane, those sorts of things.

Hope everybody's buckled in though, I think the ride is going to be a bit bumpy for awhile.

[WhiteTara]

48. I so agree that this is going to be a very rough ride

and I fear we will have lots of casualties along the way. People dying from lack of health care, people being killed by racist cops, and my fear is the country militias, of which we have plenty here in the hills of Arkansas

But it is good to know that there are many like minded people in the world and we can at least connect and gain comfort from that and our loved ones.

[silverweb]

41. Take a look at the Fairphone.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]When my current smartphone finally dies, Fairphone will be my next.

Scroll down in the link to where it says "Support social change" and again to "conflict-free minerals."

This is no every-2-year throwaway, but a phone that can be repaired and upgraded, reducing the need for raw materials.

[WhiteTara]

50. That's great info and if I decide

to get another phone, I'll look into that. Thanks

[silverweb]

53. My great pleasure!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Smartphones are ubiquitous now and are not going away, I think it's best to be aware of cruelty-free and fair-trade alternatives, so I'm trying to spread the word.

[TeamPooka]

16. Fucking assholes in Greenwich. I'm from CT and Fairfield County is the last bastion of social rest

in America.
I hope he gets a sexual predator profile forever.

[StevieM]

34. Let's not stereotype all people from Greenwich, CT based on one horrible person. (eom)

Last edited Sun Jan 15, 2017, 02:49 AM - Edit history (1)

[TeamPooka]

38. I can. I have relatives there and know many more people there too.

There are some good ones, maybe, but the place is worse than Beverly Hills for it's snobbery.
Felt bad for my cousins who grew up there even though their part of the family was very wealthy.

[LovingA2andMI]

17. Disgusting Pig....

The level of Political Discourse among these low-life Republicans are falling into the likes of a snake bucket.

[jack69]

20. Speak softly and carry a big stick.

He needs to be confronted with her husband, brother, or whoever with a big stick, just to be politically correct.

[WhiteTara]

21. Or women need to carry their own

big stick and smack the POS right in the balls.

[jack69]

23. Or act sweet at first

and insert a glass pipette and then smack it between both hands like you were swatting an insect.

[WhiteTara]

25. Well, that's one way to get their attention

sounds really painful...but then some may deserve it.

[dalton99a]

29. He needs a swift and hard testicular blow

delivered playfully, of course

[calimary]

44. Welcome to DU, dalton99a!

Quite a few intriguing "solutions" here, to asshole encounters like this.

Let the consequences begin!

[dalton99a]

65. Thanks!

I posted here before as dalton99, but couldn't log in after the hack (misplaced my email password) and had to choose a different username.

[calimary]

43. Welcome to DU, jack69!

Or maybe if not a big stick, how 'bout a good swift knee to the groin?

[Solly Mack]

27. In another article I read the idiot said it was a playful "gig" (his word)

He probably thinks rape is also a playful gig.

He deserves jail time.

[csziggy]

74. If it's the one I read he also made comments about his daughter and "gigs"

Here:

He added that "he is the kind of guy that like to embarrass his teenage daughter and he calls it a 'gig' and that's what this was 'a gig.'"
http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/cops-greenwich-republican-insulted-town-worker-then-pinched-her-groin/696124/

If my father had ever done that to me or talked about me in this context I would have never spoken to him or had any contact with him ever again. My mother would have never allowed this kind of thing either. Physical or verbal demeaning of women was absolutely forbidden in her house with four daughters!

The other question is - this is a 71 year old man with a teenage daughter?

[Solly Mack]

94. That's it. Disgusting. I agree. Used his daughter as an excuse and used her as an excuse

in that context.

I'd be furious if I were his daughter. People are going to wonder exactly what he has done to her.

[Tactical Peek]

30. I have a playful gesture for his lawyer.

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. Too bad she didn't break his fingers n/t

[drm604]

33. Asshole

Maybe enough arrests will teach these jerks that no, this kind of behavior is not acceptable.

New world? Let's see how he gets by in this "new world" with a sexual predator record.

[Thinkingabout]

37. One of the deplorable.

[davsand]

39. Pretty sure it would have been his word -v- mine after I broke his nose.

Or gave him a nut punch then broke his nose...

Not saying violence is the way, but I decided a LONG time ago that my body is mine, and I'll defend it. Martial Arts are a wonderful thing.

What an old tool.


Laura

[uppityperson]

40. Here's another story. " playfully gave a lady who he knew for 30 years a pinch..."? K&r

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/inspired_by_trump_connecticut_official_arrested_for_grabbing_female_worker

.... playfully gave a lady who he knew for 30 years a pinch is what the accusation is. And somehow, everybody's wringing their hands and carrying on that this is a crime, and it just isn't."

[WhiteTara]

49. Oh my. That is sexual assault and I hope

he learns that it a crime.

[yardwork]

72. Fucking asshole cretin.

[uppityperson]

81. Desires for sexual assault women n prison are typically hidden here. Fwiw.

Please edit or self delete because sexual assault is not OK to wish on anyone

[raccoon]

52. He ought to be looking for a nursing home, not groping women.

“I love this new world, I no longer have to be politically correct.”

That is just how these creeps think. Thanks a pantload, Trump.

[WhiteTara]

54. Would his actions be assault and battery

as well as sexual assault? I know I'd sue him for all he was worth and drag his name through the mud by making him register as a sex offender.

[raccoon]

55. I hope she does. Clearly, he did that just to intimidate and degrade her.nt

[WhiteTara]

56. Yes, he did. After all now

he doesn't have to be politically correct and treat women with respect at all; Trump said so.

[keithbvadu2]

92. Would he feel so gracious about it if his fellow repubs did it to his daughters, granddaughters?

[ck4829]

57. I don't have to be politically correct anymore - It seems the actions getting associated with that

phrase keep getting more and more insane... not to mention criminal.

[mopinko]

70. they are showing us what they think that means.

they seem to equate pc w civilized behavior, and they aint havin it.

[Vinca]

58. G.O.P. stands for "Grabber of Pussy." Disgusting. And it's going to get worse.

[Squinch]

60. He also hurled insults at her based on the fact she belonged to a union.

[WhiteTara]

76. That was just a little playful banter

Give it a rest

These GOP are all deplorable.

[Squinch]

79. A "gig." Like when he harassed the colleague's daughter. What a disgusting pig.

[WhiteTara]

80. And gig rhymes with pig.

Sort of like peas in a pod.

[Mc Mike]

62. Another swinish dRumpf repuglinazi. nt

[The Liberal Lion]

63. When GOP sends its people...

...they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And I don't assume any of them are good people.

[raccoon]

82. Great post! lol nt

[AllaN01Bear]

64. i am waiting for the day when a woman who is carring a " heater" nails one of these sops.

[agincourt]

67. long overdue

wonder how Breitbart would spin that? Socialist hatred? Feminism run amok? One thing for sure, there will probably be silence from the GOP about this creep. Not worth a tweet for sure, from the pissinator.

[milestogo]

69. What is a "heater"?

[janx]

75. A gun. n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

97. re: what is a heater

A gun.

[brooklynboy49]

66. Why the uproar? It was just locker room stuff

<rolls eyes>

[milestogo]

68. So when a trained pit bull grabs his dick we can say it was just a playful gesture

[Paladin]

71. Welcome to Trump World.

Profound thanks to those learned souls who decided both candidates were equally unappealing and not worth a vote.

[Judi Lynn]

73. I nearly see double reading another pervert has grabbed someone in a private place.

How can they possibly imagine they should get away with it?

A heart-felt punch to one of these dirtbags' throat might impart some badly needed educational material he clearly missed in his upbringing.

[kimbutgar]

77. That's assault and he should be prosecuted

[sheshe2]

85. Gawd damn that POS!

[Denzil_DC]

87. He was caught on security camera!

Catherine Rampell ?@crampel

Greenwich pol pinches female employee in groin, says it'll be his word against hers, fails to notice surveill cams

https://t.co/qTd4AS0ZPS

Police said video footage from a surveillance camera on the day of the incident is consistent with the sequence of events described by the complainant.

[WhiteTara]

88. That STUPID POS needs to look around

before he commits a crime and then disparages the victim.

[Denzil_DC]

89. It is in the OP, but way down the article.

Good for her, and sorry she and others have had to go through this.

[WhiteTara]

90. Yeah, women have a real need to march in DC

to remind those in power that we exist as humans and that women's rights are human rights.

Unfortunately, I think that this won't be the last incident and that women will be going through this for a long time to come. I had hoped that we could break the chain of assault on our rights with a woman president, but that was not to be. Sad for us all.

[riversedge]

91. The idiot is follwing his role model--Trump!!

[Initech]

93. The Trump Effect at work.

[Judi Lynn]

95. Connecticut Politician Arrested For Grabbing Woman's Groin, Called it A 'Joke'

Connecticut Politician Arrested For Grabbing Woman's Groin, Called it A 'Joke'

Lauren Evans
40 minutes ago


A Connecticut politician was arrested on Wednesday for calling a woman a “bloodsucking lazy union employee” before allegedly reaching between her legs and pinching her crotch.

According to News12, 71-year-old Christopher von Keyserling, a Republican who has served on the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting board since 1985, was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for the December incident. From the Greenwich Daily Voice:

The incident began at about noon Dec. 8 when the 57-year-old woman encountered von Keyserling in the hallway of an unnamed town facility, the warrant said.

The two briefly spoke about politics and the woman told him that “it was a new world politically” and he had to educate his fellow politicians, the warrant said. Von Keyserling is a member of Greenwich’s Representative Town Meeting.

He allegedly replied: “I love this new world, I no longer have to be politically correct,” according to the warrant.

More:
http://jezebel.com/connecticut-politician-arrested-for-grabbing-womans-gro-1791231208

[WhiteTara]

96. He is such a gross POS

I hope he likes being on the sex offenders list and has to move out of his tony neighborhood because he is too close to civilization.

[smirkymonkey]

99. Absolutely disgusting.

I would have ripped the bastard's nuts off.

[WhiteTara]

100. I have a feeling she was in shock

that someone would be SO gross.

[guillaumeb]

102. What does the term politically correct have to do with sexual assault?

Recommended.

[WhiteTara]

103. Women are second class citizens to

men like him. I heard another "man" say women must submit to their husbands. This is also why the repukes want to take away birth control from women.

[guillaumeb]

104. I agree.

Banning abortion is merely the first step to banning contraception also.

[Runningdawg]

105. Did anyone source this?

Snopes is saying it is PARTIALLY true and his local paper backs them up. He got into a argument with the woman and when she stood up to leave he pinched her on the butt. Still sexual assault, but details do matter and it seems quite a few false ones are added to this every day.

[WhiteTara]

106. Well, it was recorded on a security camera

so the truth will out in court.

edited to add:
It took dozens of women before it was believed that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted women that he drugged.

[Runningdawg]

107. Oh I have no doubt he committed assult

and that security cameras will seal the deal. But in the meantime, lets stick to real news and leave the BS to the Trumpsuckers.

[WhiteTara]

108. A woman being sexually assaulted is NOT

real news? Of course not. Men have done whatever they wanted for millennia. But I assure you that to WOMEN this is REAL news. We are no longer to going to tolerate animal behavior toward us.

If you think RawStory is a BS site, here is the NEWS report from the local paper

http://westport.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/cops-greenwich-republican-insulted-town-worker-then-pinched-her-groin/696124/
Cops: Greenwich Republican Insulted Town Worker, Then Pinched Her Groin

snip
Police said video footage from a surveillance camera on the day of the incident is consistent with the sequence of events described by the complainant.

[Runningdawg]

109. I am a woman

I agreed it was sexual assault regardless of WHERE he touched her. Believe what you want, I will wait for the video.

[Maru Kitteh]

110. This asshole better be in jail already for sexual assult

Going to take a wild guess he isn't.

[csziggy]

111. He's out on bond

Politician Arrested for Pinching Woman’s Genitals Said He No Longer Had to Be Politically Correct, Court Documents Say

Eliana Dockterman @edockterman

2:17 PM ET
<SNIP>

Connecticut Republican politician Christopher von Keyserling was arrested and charged with sexual assault after he was caught on a security camera pinching the genitals of woman with whom he got into a political disagreement.

<SNIP>

Von Keyserling was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault. He posted $2,500 bond and was released to appear in court on Jan. 25.
http://time.com/4635835/christopher-von-keyserling-sexual-assault/