A man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was punched in the face outside a Las Vegas courthouse, video of the confrontation shows.
Yousuf Azami, 59, appeared in court Tuesday for his preliminary hearing charged with kidnapping, lewdness and sexual assault of a teenage girl, KLAS reported.
At some point before the hearing, Azami left the courtroom and began walking down the hallway of the Las Vegas Justice Court, video obtained by the outlet shows.
Glenn Cromwell Jr., believed to be related to the victim in the case, then gets up from a bench where he had been sitting and follows Azami down the hallway and confronts him, the video shows.
The two appear to briefly exchange words before Cromwell punched Azami right in the face, hard enough to hit him in the butt, according to the clip.
Glenn Cromwell Jr. punched Yousef Azami in the face outside a Las Vegas courtroom. 8 News Now Cromwell is believed to be related to the teenage victim Azami is accused of sexually assaulting. 8 news now
Cromwell continues to punch and kick Azami as several people, including a police officer, run towards them and break up the fight.
Cromwell was arrested and charged with assault, according to KLAS.
In Azami’s case, he was charged after a teenage girl fled to the Mirage Hotel on September 3 and reported that he allegedly raped her. The girl’s age was not revealed in court documents, but she was 14 or 15 at the time of the assault.
The teen told police she was walking looking to “get something to smoke and eat” when she encountered Azami in the parking lot of a marijuana dispensary. She got into her car and they headed to her apartment.
While at her house, the girl began to fall asleep when Azami lay down behind her.
Yousuf Azami, 59, is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. 8 news now
“She said she felt his pelvis ‘grinding’ against her and that he was not wearing clothing,” according to court documents.
The girl asked Azami to stop, took a shower and fled the apartment wearing an item of the suspect’s clothing.
Near the Mirage, he found a man picking up his wife and told him “she had been kidnapped and raped and needed police,” according to the documents.
Glenn Cromwell Jr. was charged with assault. 8 news now
Azami, a native of Afghanistan and an actor, denied having sexual contact with the teen, police said. He also said he did not know the girl’s age.
He was arrested and released on $5,000 bail, KLAS reported. He is due back in court on February 20.
Cromwell was released on his own recognizance and his next court appearance is scheduled for March 19.
The fight took place in the same building where a man jumped on the stand and tackled a judge after she denied him parole.
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