I-Team: Bobby George attorney calls investigation ‘unfair,’ ‘incomplete’
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CLEVELAND (WJW)) — The Fox 8 I-Team has learned a local business owner facing numerous charges including rape, and attempted murder has been released on bond.
Sources tell the Fox 8 I-Team, Bobby George was released Tuesday afternoon, about 8 hours after he surrendered to police. He appeared in Cleveland Municipal Court Tuesday morning and his bond was set at $200,000. He posted bond a short time later.
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His case was bound over to the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury. The grand jury will decide if George should be indicted on the charges.
His attorney, Kevin Spellacy, tells the I-Team that his client denies all the charges.
“I also believe that there was an incomplete investigation on this matter,” Spellacy said. “I think it was extremely loose, I think it was unfair and they never asked for another side of the story. I am very disappointed.”
George, 43, is facing charges including attempted murder, rape, kidnapping, felonious assault and strangulation.
Bobby George is the owner of several Cleveland eateries and businesses, including Barley House, REBoL, TownHall, LYV The Wellness Space and Green Goat Cafe Bar.
The Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, address listed for George in city court records correlates with the business address for TownHall in business filings kept with the Ohio Secretary of State’s office.
The charges were filed on Friday, Aug. 9, and involve incidents alleged to have happened between November 2023 and June 2024, court records show.
George is accused of strangling a woman and “throwing her around” their shared residence over the course of hours between June 8 and June 10, and keeping her from escaping, according to the arrest warrant obtained by the Fox 8 I-Team.
After the woman hid in a closet and began praying for her life, George is accused of shoving a towel down her throat, the warrant states, which is the basis of the attempted murder charge.
“You think God is going to help you?” George said, according to the warrant.
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The rape charge stems from an alleged incident between May and July in which George is accused of throwing the woman to the ground and sexually assaulting her while holding her down.
Spellacy says his client wants his side to be heard.
“We look forward to a fair and full process,” Spellacy said. George is due back in court soon.
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