A Columbia University Business School student who allegedly attacked a woman on Saturday night at 116th and Broadway may get a no-jail plea deal. Suspect Ash Sinha is not only the son of an Indian diplomat, and his lawyer said of the attack, "[This is] his first potential psychotic break."
The incident on Saturday occurred during an altercation among around 20 people. Sinha allegedly "punched, kicked, and bit [a 22-year-old] woman around midnight on April 2, leaving the victim with a swollen face, abrasions on the knees and face, and bites on the legs."
Sinha, who has been described as seeming drunk at the time, was hit with charges from criminal mischief and misdemeanor assault to felony assault of a police officer. His lawyer says he accidentally kicked a cop in the face when he was being put in an ambulance.
