Pinkberry Co-founder Beat Homeless Man With Tire Iron, Lapd Says

By Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 9:23am

One of the founders of the popular Pinkberry yogurt chain is accused by police of chasing down a homeless man and beating him with a tire iron.

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