BRIDGEPORT — The operator of a metropolis furniture shop was ordered Friday to stay absent from 3 women of all ages who have accused him of sexually assaulting them in the keep.
Hennawi Salem, 59, proprietor of Salem Furniture on Porter Avenue, is billed with two counts of third-degree sexual assault, two counts of fourth-diploma sexual assault, two counts of disorderly conduct and just one count of hazard of damage to a child.
He is accused of groping the girls while they had been hoping out mattresses in the retailer, telling them “this is what your husband should really do to you,” according to police.
Throughout Salem’s arraignment hearing Friday afternoon, Superior Court docket Choose Kevin Doyle issued Salem a protecting buy barring him from any even further get in touch with with the victims.
“Absolutely no get in touch with is authorized beneath this buy,” the judge instructed him.
“I understand,” Salem responded through a Spanish interpreter.
“I read through him the police experiences, he is familiar with to remain away from the protected people,” Salem’s attorney, Erin Subject, explained to the judge.
Salem did not enter pleas to the prices and the choose continued the situation to Sept. 14. He is free on a full of $190,000 bonds.
Equally Salem and Discipline declined comment as they left the Golden Hill Avenue courthouse.
In accordance to the arrest warrants, in each and every case the girls ended up buying for mattresses at the home furniture shop when they ended up approached by Salem, who recognized himself as the owner of the retail store, and offered to display them a “better selection” of mattresses in the basement.
He led the women of all ages to the basement level the place he experienced some mattresses lined up and urged them to lay down on them to consider them out, the affidavit point out.
In each and every circumstance, the affidavits point out that Salem persuaded the females to roll around on their stomachs to get a improved really feel for the mattress and then started massaging their back sides.
1 affidavit states that a target right away jumped up, telling Salem, “This ain’t no massage parlor,” and ran out of the retail outlet. The other two gals lay shocked on the mattresses as Salem told them that what he was executing to them was “good” for them, the affidavit states. 1 female had her 11-calendar year-aged daughter with her when the assault took place, the affidavit states.
The initial alleged assault happened in April 2019, the past was on July 1 of this calendar year, according to the affidavits.
