{"id":12009,"date":"2012-01-16T18:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T18:01:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-16T18:01:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T18:01:20","slug":"Pinkberry-founder-arrested-for-beating-homeless-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12009","title":{"rendered":"Pinkberry founder arrested for beating homeless man"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is wrong with all these people? Beatings, fights, homeless people?
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\nThe co-founder of Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt, Young Lee, was arrested today at Los Angeles airport on a warrant for beating a homeless beggar LA last June.
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\nLee, who helped design the healthy, low-calorie dessert chain, is accused of chasing down a homeless man who approached his car in downtown Los Angeles asking for money on June 15, 2011. Lee and another individual beat the homeless man with a tire iron, according to police. The man was hospitalized for treatment.
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\nWitnesses reported the incident to police, including the license plate of the vehicle, a Range Rover, which was rented in Lee’s name. Police seized the tire iron from the vehicle, police said. Witnesses also helped police identify Lee from a photo display, allowing police to obtain a warrant for his arrest. <\/p>\n

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a federal database alerted LAPD detectives that Lee was aboard an inbound flight from Korea to Los Angeles Airport yesterday. <\/strong>The department’s Fugitive Warrants Task Force arrested the Pinkberry founder at the airport. Bail was set at $60,000 and he remains in custody, police said. <\/p>\n

“This case is emblematic of how the homeless are among the most vulnerable in our society,”<\/strong> Lt. Paul Vernon said in a statement. “Despite the challenges in the case, the detectives never gave up and eventually found the victim after leads took them to Skidrow and the local jail.” <\/p>\n

According to a 2006 profile of Pinkberry by the Los Angeles Times, Lee, a native of Korea, was a former kick boxer and bouncer who became an architect responsible for the chain’s bright colored walls and sleek furniture.<\/strong> He founded the chain with Hyekyung “Shelly” Hwang, also of Korea, in 2005 in Los Angeles. It has since become a worldwide chain. <\/p>\n

This is not good for the Pinkberry image. Will be interesting to see if it tarnishes the brand at all. Nobody likes a bully!
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\nSource AP<\/em>
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