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Miguel Aybar's remark outraged Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Michelle Denise Earley who issued a sharp rebuke in the form of a 60-day jail sentence. Aybar pleaded no contest to unlawful restraint and was found guilty, a court spokesman said
Earley ordered Aybar out of court. He collapsed outside the courtroom and died.
The West Side resident was accused of restraining his teen victim and of "kissing her in the mouth with his tongue," according to a court document.
Courtroom video shows Aybar apologize to his victim and to the girl's mother minutes before his death.
He spoke softly in Spanish and communicated with the court through a translator.
"My mom...didn't teach me to disrespect women," Aybar said. "She taught me to admire women and I'm a person who really admires women, so I wouldn't want to disrespect them in any way."
Aybar's wife on Thursday morning said her husband "was a good man." She did not want to be identified.
Aybar's cause of death will be determined by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
Reader Comments
This man claims his victim had 'feelings' for him, and no doubt she did, though perhaps not the kind he imagined her to having... sooner or later the spell must be broken, and without suffering from affluenza, his reasoning of 'respect' and 'admiration' for women, doesn't seem to work for him nor this judge who most likely isn't suffering from affluenza either.