Turning the tables

Waitress takes down customer after sexual harassment incident

Turning the tables
According to surveillance video footage, Emilia Holden grabbed a customer and threw him to the ground after he grabbed her buttocks. YouTube

SAVANNAGH, GA. — A rude customer who thought he could get away with bad behaviour found the tables turned recently at a restaurant in Savannagh, Ga.

Ryan Cherwinski — captured on surveillance video — walked by a waitress and groped her buttocks.

But Emilia Holden reacted quickly, grabbing the collar of his shirt and putting him into a chokehold before throwing him to the ground, according to the Independent.

“I looked at him and I said, ‘You don’t touch me, motherfucker.’ I didn’t even think, I just reacted. I don’t know how I reacted the way I did. I’ve never done that before,” said Holden.

After reviewing the video footage, the father of two was arrested and charged with sexual battery, spending two nights in jail.

And when the video went viral, Holden set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for a cause dear to her heart, looking to raise US$20,000 for cat shelters.

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