Stock Broker Acquitted of Spin Class Assault
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A Wall Street stock broker has been acquitted on charges of throwing a fellow health club member into a wall during a cycling class.
A Manhattan Criminal Court jury found 44-year-old Christopher Carter not guilty of assault against hedge-fund manager Stuart Sugarman.
Mr. Carter had complained about the 48-year-old Mr. Sugarman’s loud hollering and grunting during the high-impact spin class and asked him to quiet down. Mr. Sugarman admitted that he refused. He said Mr. Carter lifted his exercise bike and hurled him into a wall, damaging a disc in his neck.
Both men weigh about 200 pounds.
A juror says the jury did not believe Mr. Carter caused Mr. Sugarman’s injury. Jurors thought the injury occurred earlier.
Mr. Carter is a broker at Maxim Investments Group.
