Egyptian pleads guilty in NYC hotel sex assault
NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent Egyptian businessman admitted Friday to kissing and groping a hotel housekeeper who didn’t welcome his advances, pleading guilty as the woman sued him for $5 million.
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual abuse charge, acknowledging he kissed the woman on the lips and neck and touched her breasts after she brought tissues to his room at the posh Pierre hotel. The 74-year-old chairman of state-run salt production firm El-Mex Salines Co. already has completed five days of community service in a soup kitchen, and his case will be closed without jail time or probation if he stays out of trouble for a year.