Multiple reports say Abdoela Berhan, 35, is accused of assaulting a woman in an incident that follows an earlier conviction for violence against another victim. The latest allegation involves Berhan punching Cleo Lake, 20, in the face after she and her friends rejected his advances. Lake is reported to have been knocked unconscious and to have suffered a broken nose.
One week earlier, according to the reports, Berhan was convicted in connection with an attack on a Subway worker. The accounts describe him as being at large despite that earlier conviction, and they frame the new assault as occurring shortly afterward. The coverage focuses on the sequence of events—an earlier conviction followed by an alleged punching incident—and on the alleged circumstances leading to the assault, including the rejection of his advances.
All details are reported as allegations and case information as presented by the outlets; further legal proceedings would determine the outcome.
