Hai “Howie” Yu was sentenced to five years in prison and one year of probation after pleading guilty to sexual battery (camera battery, laptop battery) and criminal confinement. He will spend 10 years on the sexual offenders registry after his release from prison.
In May 2010, Yu was captured on video dragging a mostly naked, highly intoxicated woman into and out of the laundry room at Foster Magee.
When asked by witnesses if the victim needed help, Yu claimed that she was okay and that she was a friend of his. The two had met at a party that night.
Yu could be seen on video surveillance dragging the victim’s unconscious body into the laundry room.
He later dragged her out and left her on the ground outside, mostly naked. Black lace underwear belonging to the victim were found nearby.
The victim suffered numerous injuries, including bite marks on her back, thumbprints on her shoulders and thighs and bruises on her genitalia. She was treated for hypothermia at the hospital.
“I have been in this business a long time, but I have rarely seen things this shocking,” Monroe County Circuit Judge Teresa Harper said.
During the first hearing, IU Police Department Sgt. Leslie Slone gave a minute-by-minute run-down of the video surveillance as the judge watched it on the prosecution’s laptop.
While Sgt. Slone was showing the video footage to Judge Harper, Harper at one point gasped at the images being depicted on the tape.
This was when Sgt. Slone indicated that the victim was being dragged outside mostly naked. Only the judge, the prosecuting attorneys, the defense attorney and Sgt. Slone could see the video.
During the first of two sentencing hearings, Yu and his mother both offered direct apologies to the victim. Howie Yu, while looking directly at the victim, said, “I hope you can get over this and move on and live your life to the fullest. I sincerely apologize. I can’t believe you’re going through this because of me.”
The victim explained during the first hearing that the incident had changed her relationship with her friends and negatively impacted her relationship with her parents.
“Honestly, they think it’s my fault because I drank. The fact that I had drank should never give someone the power to make a decision for me,” she said as she fought back tears. Her parents did not attend
the hearing.
After the sentence was announced, Yu’s attorney, Joseph Lozano, said it would be disingenuous to complain that the ruling was unfair, especially considering Yu faced the possibility of 40 years at one point during the trial. He also said he wasn’t sure about an appeal right now but said “Judge Harper obviously very carefully considered
her decision.”
Monroe County deputy prosecutor Rebecca Veidlinger said the prosecution was satisfied with the outcome, which was almost exactly in line with what the victim and state requested.
“By getting a guilty plea, we can hold the perpetrator accountable for these actions,” Veidinger said. “It shows that, as a community, we will not accept this behavior and it’s worthwhile for victims to report these cases. The outcome can have a
big benefit.”
— Zach Ammerman contributed to this report
In May 2010, Yu was captured on video dragging a mostly naked, highly intoxicated woman into and out of the laundry room at Foster Magee.
When asked by witnesses if the victim needed help, Yu claimed that she was okay and that she was a friend of his. The two had met at a party that night.
Yu could be seen on video surveillance dragging the victim’s unconscious body into the laundry room.
He later dragged her out and left her on the ground outside, mostly naked. Black lace underwear belonging to the victim were found nearby.
The victim suffered numerous injuries, including bite marks on her back, thumbprints on her shoulders and thighs and bruises on her genitalia. She was treated for hypothermia at the hospital.
“I have been in this business a long time, but I have rarely seen things this shocking,” Monroe County Circuit Judge Teresa Harper said.
During the first hearing, IU Police Department Sgt. Leslie Slone gave a minute-by-minute run-down of the video surveillance as the judge watched it on the prosecution’s laptop.
While Sgt. Slone was showing the video footage to Judge Harper, Harper at one point gasped at the images being depicted on the tape.
This was when Sgt. Slone indicated that the victim was being dragged outside mostly naked. Only the judge, the prosecuting attorneys, the defense attorney and Sgt. Slone could see the video.
During the first of two sentencing hearings, Yu and his mother both offered direct apologies to the victim. Howie Yu, while looking directly at the victim, said, “I hope you can get over this and move on and live your life to the fullest. I sincerely apologize. I can’t believe you’re going through this because of me.”
The victim explained during the first hearing that the incident had changed her relationship with her friends and negatively impacted her relationship with her parents.
“Honestly, they think it’s my fault because I drank. The fact that I had drank should never give someone the power to make a decision for me,” she said as she fought back tears. Her parents did not attend
the hearing.
After the sentence was announced, Yu’s attorney, Joseph Lozano, said it would be disingenuous to complain that the ruling was unfair, especially considering Yu faced the possibility of 40 years at one point during the trial. He also said he wasn’t sure about an appeal right now but said “Judge Harper obviously very carefully considered
her decision.”
Monroe County deputy prosecutor Rebecca Veidlinger said the prosecution was satisfied with the outcome, which was almost exactly in line with what the victim and state requested.
“By getting a guilty plea, we can hold the perpetrator accountable for these actions,” Veidinger said. “It shows that, as a community, we will not accept this behavior and it’s worthwhile for victims to report these cases. The outcome can have a
big benefit.”
— Zach Ammerman contributed to this report
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