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The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office and W. Joseph Turner, who is Callaway’s lawyer, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Allred’s statement continued: “Alex wants to thank the members of the public who have reached out to her to offer support. If this case goes to trial, she will be a witness. For that reason, she will have no further comment until the case concludes, but she does hope that there will be a just result.”
Earlier this week, Callaway, who is a youth minister,apologized for his “awful act”and said that he acted out of character when hegroped Bozarjian during her live coverageof the Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run in Georgia last weekend.
“I was getting ready to bring my hands up and wave to the camera, to the audience, and there was a misjudgment in character and decision-making. I touched her back. I did not know exactly where I touched her,” he toldInside Editionon Tuesday.
Bozarjianshared the momentof the incident on Twitter last weekend, and she is visibly shocked after Callaway touches her.
“I totally agree 100 percent with her statement,” Callaway, a married father of two, told Inside Edition. “The two most important words were her last two words, ‘Do better,’ and that’s my intention.”
Bozarjian saidonCBS This MorningTuesday that Callaway’s slap was a “heavy impact.”
“He hit me hard,” she said, adding that watching the footage back is a bit of an out-of-body experience. “I think what is most important here is he took my power, and I’m trying to take that back.”
Inside Edition reported that Bozarjian filed a sexual battery report with the police. Callaway’s lawyer told CBS that the Boy Scout leader “did not act with any criminal intentions.”
“Whether I’m open to [hearing his apology] or not, I want to take my time with that,” Bozarjian said onCBS This Morning. “I think what it really comes down to is, he helped himself to a part of my body.”
The Savannah Sports Council, which owns and operates the bridge run, has since announced that Callaway will not be allowed to participate in any of its future events.
“We will not tolerate behavior like this at a Savannah Sports Council event. We have made the decision to ban this individual from registering for all Savannah Sports Council owned races,” the council saidon TwitterSunday.
source: people.com
