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Lady Gaga Fan Sexually Abused At <em>Today</em> Show
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Jen Carlson
Published Jul 12, 2010
Modified Jul 12, 2010
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Last Friday morning when Lady Gaga took the Today show stage, she had over 20,000 fans in attendance. According to the Post's NYPD police blotter, at least one of those fans was sexually abused while waiting in line for the show at Rockefeller Plaza. 38-year-old Jesus Romano of Queens "allegedly unbuttoned his pants and rubbed against the 19-year-old woman." But he should have known not to mess with the monsters—she grabbed her camera and videotaped the man before reporting the incident to the police; turns out he has a 2007 sexual abuse arrest on his file, and now he's been charged again with sexual abuse, forcible touching and public lewdness.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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