Restaurant Owner Bribes Witnesses in Sexual Assault Case

0:00A 68-year-old restaurant owner in Ridgefield named Lyati Ramadhani faces two counts of witness bribery after allegedly offering two women $20,000 to stay quiet about sexual assaults by the head chef at his mixed-prime steakhouse. Stay police arrested him last Thursday and he's out on a $100,000 bond with a court date on April 9 in Waterbury. The women, aged 48 and 36, reported to police last August that 55-year-old Waleed God forced sexual acts and groped them. Multiple times at work. Both undocumented with limited English, they met Ramadhani through a supposed lawyer contact, but turned down the cash, quit the job, and pushed, forward with complaints. Investigators heard from another employee who saw God groping and pulling hair. And Ramadhani later told police the drama could have been avoided with. Quicker reports. He admitted offering $5,000 to $15,000, but called it a joke to avoid a fuss. Even warning about immigration risks in their addresses, meanwhile, police uncovered four

1:05more alleged victims, one also undocumented, leading to gads arrest on March 25 for five counts of first-degree sexual assault and seven-of-fourth degree. He's held on $850,000 in bonds across six cases due in court April 28 while one woman sued the restaurant for, negligent hiring. These cases highlight tough challenges and assault probes, especially with vulnerable workers eyeing UVs for crime victims. Gads lawyer urges patients to fax emerge as everyone awaits the next court moves. That's your update from Hartford News Today, powered by AI.