The owner of several restaurants in Columbus and Cleveland, who was recently at the center of a controversy surrounding the Olympics , has been charged in Cuyahoga County with attempted murder, kidnapping, rape and other felonies.
Robert “Bobby” T. George, 43, of Lakewood, in northeast Ohio, was charged on Friday with attempted murder, four counts of kidnapping, two counts of strangulation and one count each of rape and felony assault in Cleveland Municipal Court, according to court records.
The records say that the offenses took place between November 2023 and July of this year, and were reported to police Aug. 9.
A warrant has been issued for George’s arrest. As of 8 p.m. Monday, he was not in police custody.
Citing the arrest warrant, Cleveland television stations WOIO Channel 19 and WEWS News 5 reported that George is accused of strangling a woman he pinned to the ground and slamming her head on the ground on Nov. 14, 2023. She sustained a concussion and other injuries and was treated by a nurse practitioner with George’s business for post-concussion syndrome, according to the reports.