The owner of popular Cleveland restaurants like TownHall and Barley House, Bobby George, pleaded guilty Monday to felony attempted strangulation charges and received 5 years of probation.

In a written statement to the court, the victim said George abused her daily and controlled her life.

“I am terrified of the defendant, his lies and manipulation, and what he may do to me or someone I love in retaliation for speaking out,” she wrote.

The victim approved the sentence, said special prosecutor Jane Hanlin.

“That he be labeled as a convicted felon,” said Hanlin after the hearing in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. “That it be a felony conviction of violence. And that that stay with him forever.”

Cleveland prosecutors initially charged George with attempted murder, kidnapping and r

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