The man was making his way to the stage to collect a lucky draw prize when he walked past the woman.
SINGAPORE: The chief of operations at an advertising firm who was accused of molesting a copywriter at a company dinner and dance event has been acquitted.
The court heard that the copywriter worked in a different team from the chief. Although she knew him, they had little interaction with each other and she reported via a separate chain of command. The woman took this as an indication that he needed more space to get past her and tried to move closer to her friend.She said she felt his hand move down to her lower right hip. She immediately turned to her right and his hands were still on her right buttock area, and she said he patted her buttock area a few times before moving off.
When other executives tried to talk to the chief of operations about the incident, the latter became aggressive and defensive, denying that he had touched anyone.The prosecution called witnesses from the table adjacent to the copywriter's. One woman recalled that the chief tapped the copywriter's butt or hip area and then"brushed through" her hip and butt, as he walked by.
After the woman moved a few steps to the side, the chief moved past her, moved his hand towards her back area and gave her three taps. To clear the air, he spoke to the woman with two others present, and apologised, saying he could have moved her instinctively with his hand. While a third witness had stated that the passageway was blocked by the waiter, she seemed unsure as to when the pats occurred when the CCTV footage was reviewed frame by frame.
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