A New Jersey man is in legal trouble after he allegedly assaulted the Easter Bunny at the South Hills Village Mall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the criminal complaint, a woman working as the Easter Bunny on Monday at the mall was taking pictures with children and families when a man approached her and began to ask her questions, which she referred to an assistant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man refused and began touching the woman dressed as the Easter Bunny’s arm, then the top of her chest, and then grabbed her breasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the assistant, prior to the alleged assault, he asked questions such as “Is it a boy or a girl?” Along with grabbing the woman dressed as the bunny, the man also began to put his fingers in the nose and mouth of the costume.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After speaking with the victim and a witness, police reviewed security footage from the mall and were able to identify the suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was later found in the AMC Theater next to the mall, and he was asleep in the top row of one of the auditoriums.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As he was being taken into custody, according to the criminal complaint provided to KDKA-TV, he asked police, “Is it on the close to Five Below, the merchandise thing, the bunny?” After being read his Miranda Rights, he then asked the police, “It’s a doll, right?”\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was informed it was a person, not a doll, and said, “By mistake, my hand touched her, if it’s a lady.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
The suspect was identified as 36-year-old Bera Shivakrishna after police were provided with a New Jersey driver’s license that was on his person, and he is being charged with indecent assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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