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Man who bashed coworker with bottle for changing Michael Jackson song just beat the charges

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Post by WeAreTheWorld. Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:27 am

Man who bashed coworker with bottle for changing Michael Jackson song just beat the charges

By: Mike Aldax
August 23, 2013

A man who smashed a coworker over the head with a champagne bottle at a team-building happy hour - reportedly because the coworker changed the music from Michael Jackson to dubstep - was acquitted of assault and battery charges Thursday, according to the Public Defender's Office.

The bottle attack at San Francisco advertising firm AKQA reportedly occurred April 27 of last year after the coworker, who witnesses testified was extremely drunk and inhaling nitrous oxide, switched the music from Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" to an electronic dance track and proceeded to dance.

Gaspar Magisa, 52, who had been pouring himself champagne during the music switch, "decided something had to be done," the public defender's office said.

The coworker ended up with 17 stitches and Magisa ended up with criminal charges that packed a possible five-year prison sentence.

But after a week-long trial and six hours of jury deliberation, Magisa was found not guilty.

That result is partly because Magisa wasn't the only AKQA employee who was annoyed with the coworker's music tampering. And frankly, the coworker proved to be the officemate from hell, according to Deputy Public Defender Jacque Wilson.

Before the incident at a company Christmas party, the attorney said, the coworker snuck up behind two men separately as they used a urinal. He poked a man's eye with his finger and smacked the other man's head against the wall.

During the trial, he called the bathroom incident "utterly hilarious."

Magisa had also been assaulted by the crazed coworker, his attorney said. And more witnesses including a police officer testified to incidents of belligerence and violence. At a Thanksgiving party, employees said, the coworker wrestled a homeless person while out on a beer run.

When a bubbling Magisa attacked with a champagne bottle last year, he was defending himself, Wilson said.

"The complaining witness was a bully who had injured people again and again," Wilson said. "Mr. Magisa is a kind and gentle man, but he wasn't going to allow himself to be hurt again."

Public Defender Jeff Adachi added, "Standing up for yourself against a person known for violence is not a crime."

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Post by Capricious Anomaly Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:56 am

This is so funny!
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Post by midangerous Sat Aug 24, 2013 1:53 pm

Lol!Laughing 
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