'I just feel bad for him -- you can still feel for someone and still feel like they need to be held accountable,' former Olympian Kim Glass says of the homeless, possibly mentally ill man who attacked her in downtown LA.
By CBSLA StaffMental competency of homeless man who allegedly attacked Olympian Kim Glass questioned in courtHer left eye remains blackened by an ugly bruise, a reddish sheen covers her left eyeball, and an abrasion on the right side of the bridge of her nose looks moist and tender to the touch. But even after surviving a brutal attack by a homeless man in the middle of downtown LA, a radiant smile is not far from former Olympian Kim Glass' face.
Glass had been walking with a friend last Friday in the area of Olive and 8th Street after having lunch when a homeless man approached them. Bystanders rushed to help her, and a man even held her attacker down until police arrived. He was identified as 51-year-old Semeon Tasfamarean and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Tasfamarean was on parole for assault, but he did not appear at his first court appearance because of possible mental illness.
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