The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon is dealing with a felony rape cost for allegedly choking and beating a girl whereas molesting her, Manhattan prosecutors stated.
Abraham Chabon, 20, was charged June 12 with second-degree strangulation and first-degree rape earlier within the alleged Jan. 25, 2024 assault, in accordance with a felony grievance unsealed in courtroom.
The youthful Chabon, a pupil at NYU, made his second courtroom look Wednesday after being arraigned on the costs final week.
He’s accused of grabbing the sufferer by the neck, making it troublesome for her to breathe, then carried her to a mattress the place he raped her and “struck [the victim] repeatedly within the face… inflicting stupor and lack of imaginative and prescient in a single eye,” the grievance stated.
He arrived on the courthouse together with his mom, Israeli-American novelist Ayelet Waldman.
His father is a famous American author and Pulitzer Prize winner, whose works embody “Moonglow,” “Marvel Boys,” The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” and “Telegraph Avenue.”
Chabon gained the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his novel, “The Superb Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.”
Michael Chabon was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2012.
Abraham Chabon was launched after his June 13 arraignment, with Manhattan Felony Courtroom Choose Kacie Lally setting bail at $45,000 money or a $150,000 bond.
