DECEMBER 11, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE
After being assaulted on live TV, Alex Bozarjian, a news reporter for WSAV-TV, is filing sexual battery charges against Georgia youth minister Tommy Callaway.
NBC News reports:
A TV news reporter who was covering a road race in Georgia when she was slapped on the backside by a runner is seeking criminal charges against the man she said “violated” her.
Alex Bozarjian filed a sexual battery report with the Savannah Police Department on Monday, saying she wanted the department to pursue charges against the man, identified as Thomas Callaway. The department told NBC News on Wednesday that a detective has been assigned and the matter is under investigation.
Earlier this week, in a deplorable display of poor judgement, youth minister Tommy Callaway was caught on live television groping Bozarjian while she was reporting on the Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run in Savannah, Georgia.
In a tweet after the unfortunate incident, reporter Bozarjian called out the pervy perpetrator, later identified as youth minister Tommy Callaway:
To the man who smacked my butt on live TV this morning: You violated, objectified, and embarrassed me. No woman should EVER have to put up with this at work or anywhere!! Do better. https://twitter.com/GrrrlZilla/status/1203306427818926081 …Tonya@GrrrlZillaCheck out this jerk smacking a @WSAV reporter’s ass live on air. And sorry, that’s my kiddo making horribly timed weird noises in the background.736K12:57 PM – Dec 7, 2019 · Savannah, GATwitter Ads info and privacy209K people are talking about this
To the man who smacked my butt on live TV this morning: You violated, objectified, and embarrassed me. No woman should EVER have to put up with this at work or anywhere!! Do better
Appearing on CBS This Morning earlier today, Bozarjian talked about the assault, at one point noting:
It’s not OK to help yourself to a woman’s body just because you feel like it. He hurt me, both physically and emotionally.
CBS This Morning✔@CBSThisMorning · Dec 10, 2019
A reporter is sharing her story after she says she was assaulted during a live TV report. @WSAVAlexB was covering a fun run for her station when a man moved behind her and appeared to slap her on the backside.
She joins us now only on @CBSThisMorning.
CBS This Morning✔@CBSThisMorning
“It’s not okay to help yourself to a woman’s body just because you feel like it… in order to make any kind of change, you have to be a little bit drastic. And you have to… chip away at this toxic culture that permeates our society.” — @WSAVAlexB2,0059:29 AM – Dec 10, 2019Twitter Ads info and privacy613 people are talking about this
As for Callaway, he has been busy at damage control. Speaking with WSAV News 3, Callaway, a 43-year-old married father of two daughters who serves as a youth minister at Pittman Park United Methodist Church, made an attempt at an apology, at one point saying:
I’m thankful for this opportunity to share my apology to her and to her family, her friends and her co-workers. It was an awful act and an awful mistake.
I am not that person that people are portraying me as. I make mistakes, I’m not perfect and I’m asking for forgiveness and to accept my apology.
One wonders if Callaway is truly sorry for his heinous actions, or if he’s simply sorry he got caught.
Either way it’s in the hands of law enforcement now.
Bottom line: Alex Bozarjian, a news reporter for WSAV-TV, is filing sexual battery charges against Georgia youth minister Tommy Callaway after Callaway assaulted her on live TV.
