An Ohio restaurateur who made headlines when he banned Olympic broadcasts from four of his Ohio restaurants, denouncing them as anti-Christian, is now facing charges of rape, kidnapping and attempted murder.
Bobby George, 43, Made headlines Two weeks ago, he announced that the restaurant group was Olympic He spoke out at the event’s opening ceremony against what he described as blasphemous “a depiction of ‘The Last Supper.'” The famous 1498 painting by gay artist Leonardo Da Vinci depicts the last meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion, according to the Gospels.
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“[The portrayal was] “This has been treated with an irresponsible level of disrespect and is an insult to the Christian faith,” George posted. Announcement on Instagram It also appears on a restaurant sign. Right-wingers have complained about the inclusion of drag queens in the painting, but Olympic officials have said the image is inspired by the Greek festival of Dionysus, not the Last Supper.
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More recently, Cleveland.com George assaulted the 25-year-old female victim, with whom he had been living for the past year, multiple times, threatened her with a gun and beat her so severely that the victim had to be treated by a nurse who works for George’s own restaurant group, he said.
“You think God is going to help you?” George taunted the woman as he shoved a towel down her throat and choked her, police said. George also mocked the woman for praying to God and said she would not die during multiple attacks, the report added.
Police say the abuse began in September 2023 and finally ended last month.
The restaurateur turned himself in Friday after a warrant was issued for his arrest charging him with attempted murder, rape, felony assault, four counts of kidnapping and two counts of strangulation.
George was released on $200,000 bail after appearing in Cleveland Municipal Court on Tuesday. Under a protective order, a judge barred George from having any contact with the alleged victim.
According to court documents, the woman “fears for her life.”
In the first attack detailed by police, George is said to have thrown the victim against a kitchen cupboard so hard that glass broke.
The following month, George pinned her to the floor, choked her and slammed her head repeatedly against a table, leaving her with blurred vision, bleeding and ringing in her ears, police said.
“The defendant then had the victim treated by a nurse at his workplace, who diagnosed her with post-concussion syndrome,” according to a Cleveland Police Domestic Violence Unit report included in the arrest warrant.
George is accused of holding a gun against the woman’s abdomen after she tried to flee the home, raping her after she came out of the shower and choking her multiple times.
“The defendant pulled her hair, choked her and threw her across the house,” a Cleveland police detective wrote.
George’s lawyer, Kevin Spellacy, denied the allegations.
