Ramsey County prosecutors have charged Twin Cities-based superstar chef Justin Sutherland with a felony, alleging he threatened to shoot his girlfriend.
Sutherland, 39, appeared Monday in Ramsey County District Court docket on a single depend of threats of violence after being arrested on Friday evening in St. Paul. The courtroom paperwork additionally say Sutherland allegedly choked his girlfriend and smashed her cellphone earlier than pointing a gun at her.
John Daly, Sutherland’s lawyer, advised MPR Information on Monday the legal criticism is “riddled with false truths.” He stated his shopper by no means choked the girl and “by no means pointed a gun at anyone.”
Sutherland was launched with out bail pending his subsequent courtroom look. He was ordered to give up his firearms. He’s due again in courtroom subsequent month.
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In keeping with the legal criticism:
Police responded to a number of 911 calls Friday evening to an deal with on Entrance Avenue in St. Paul from individuals involved for the protection of a lady later recognized as Sutherland’s girlfriend.
One caller, a passerby, reported seeing a person with a gun and a lady along with her palms up, who seemed to be in misery.
One other caller, the girl’s sister, reported they’d been on the cellphone when the caller heard the girl’s boyfriend — allegedly Sutherland — threaten to kill her earlier than taking the cellphone away and throwing it on the bottom.
Sutherland’s girlfriend advised officers that he pointed a gun at her and threatened to shoot, and that he had beforehand been verbally abusive and violent, together with reportedly smashing her automotive’s windshield two days earlier.
The lady stated she and Sutherland had argued about not going to a music competition as deliberate, and that Sutherland had been upset about neighbors being racist towards him. She advised police that Sutherland had put his palms round her neck, that she obtained away and ran to a neighbor’s home, and that Sutherland pointed the gun at her when she returned. A good friend reportedly took the gun away from Sutherland.
Officers discovered 10 firearms within the dwelling, together with two on a case on prime of a mattress. Additionally they discovered the girl’s damaged cellphone.
The criticism states that when Sutherland spoke with an investigator on the jail, he denied making threats.
In keeping with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the choose famous that the one previous conviction on Sutherland’s report is for a DWI cost greater than 15 years in the past, and that he has made courtroom appearances as scheduled up to now.
Sutherland is the chef behind a number of well-known Twin Cities eating places. He’s appeared on TV’s “High Chef” and “Iron Chef America,” co-hosts the present “Quick Foodies,” and gained an Emmy for internet hosting his present “Style the Tradition.”
Final month, Sutherland and several other companions introduced plans to open two eating places this fall in a brand new improvement in Minneapolis’ Mill District.
And in Could, the Rondo Neighborhood Land Belief introduced a partnership with Sutherland and his father to develop a brand new idea for Golden Thyme Espresso and Cafe in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood.
