A man slams a kidnapping and sexual assault suspect to the floor and punches him in the head outside a Las Vegas courtroom, video shows.
Video shows the man get up from a bench and stride toward the suspect, who appears to be on the phone while walking beside another person. The man then appeared to be talking to the suspect before he punched the suspect in the head, knocking him to the ground. Bystanders, including law enforcement officers, were then seen rushing towards the pair.
Yousaf Azami is an Aghani refugee who was charged with rapping and kidnapping a teenage girl in Las Vegas.
Last week, the girl's father waited for the boy to emerge from court before knocking him out. pic.twitter.com/K2cUnSVXJo
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The suspect, identified as 59-year-old Afghan-born actor Yusuf Azami, was in court on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at his home in September 2023, according to KLAS. report. According to the report, the alleged victim, who was 14 or 15 years old at the time of the alleged assault, said she was looking for “something to smoke or eat” when she encountered Azami in the parking lot of a marijuana dispensary. It is said that
Azami drove the alleged victim home, where he fell asleep in bed, but woke up when he felt a naked Azami “grinding” his pelvis against him, the paper reported. Ta. According to the paper, the girl asked Azami to stop, then she took a shower, took Azami's clothes and left, and then called an unknown man near the hotel to report that she had been “kidnapped and raped and we need the police.” It is said that he did.
Azami denied any involvement in the sexual assault allegations and said he did not know the boy's age. He was reportedly released on $5,000 bail and was scheduled to return to court on February 20th.
The newspaper noted that the man who hit Thistle has been identified as Glenn Cromwell Jr. and is believed to be related to the alleged victim. Cromwell Jr. was charged with assault, released on his own recognizance and reportedly scheduled to return to court on March 19. (Related article: Courtroom brawl, video shows handcuffed defendant attacking murder victim's family)
Cromwell Jr. is believed to be the father of the alleged victim, according to mirror.
The incident occurred in the same courthouse building where Deobra Redden, a 30-year-old three-time convicted felon, jumped. Judge Mary Kay Holthus January 3, New York Post report.
The Daily Caller reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for comment, but did not receive a response prior to publication.
