American charged after yelling expletives at Singapore restaurant worker
- Greg Austin Lynn confronted a male staff member of Shashlik Restaurant in a profanity-laden video and threatened to sexually assault his family ‘from here to China’
- Lynn said he wanted to contest all four charges, including two counts of intentionally harassing his victim, in a trial
American Greg Austin Lynn, 54, was filmed confronting a male staff member of the Russian-Hainanese restaurant, yelling expletives and threatening to sexually assault his family “from here to China”. The video went viral in June this year.
At the State Courts on Thursday, Lynn was charged with two counts of intentionally harassing his victim, Tan Tong Kein.
He was also charged with one count of using criminal force for allegedly pushing Tan on the chest, and another count of refusing to sign a police statement.
The court heard that the prosecution had initially offered a plea deal to Lynn, but he refused the offer and opted to claim a trial to contest the four charges.
When asked by District Judge Lorraine Ho if he wanted to engage a legal counsel, Lynn said that he would be representing himself.