Stefan Arzberger, 42
[From article]
Stefan Arzberger, 42, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, assault and strangulation raps in Manhattan Supreme Court for barging into a North Carolina woman’s room at the Hudson Hotel and choking her.
“I’ve never seen a strangulation case like this before,” said prosecutor Samuel Cocks. “He nearly killed a 64-year-old woman.”
But his lawyer insisted that it wasn’t Arzberger’s fault but the transexual hooker who drugged and robbed him.
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Hudson Hotel video surveillance shows the lead violinist of the Leipzig String Quartet going to his room accompanied by a woman at 3:53 am
The same woman is then seen leaving the room alone with his iPad under her arm, Levitt said.
About three hours later, a wild-eyed and naked Arzberger stumbled out of his room at the West 58th Street hotel and began mindlessly knocking on guests’ doors claiming to be room service, the prosecutor said.
When the victim opened her door, he wrapped his hands around her neck with so much pressure the blood vessels in her eyes popped, he said.
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“It will not be first time and won’t be the last a prostitute rolled a john in NYC – it happens all the time,” the prosecutor said. “Most of the time they don’t drug the johns to do it.”
The prosecutor also said that Arzberger, who recently performed at the Library of Congress, tested negative for two date-rape drugs.
Arzberger, who is currently out on $100,000 bail, asked Justice Ronald Zweibel to return his passport so he can perform in an upcoming music tour that includes stops in Europe, Asia and South America.
http://nypost.com/2015/04/30/violinist-charged-in-naked-hotel-rampage-was-drugged-by-hooker-lawyer/
Violinist charged in ‘naked hotel rampage’ was drugged by hooker: lawyer
By Rebecca Rosenberg
New York Post
April 30, 2015 | 8:03pm
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