ST. GEORGE — A Southern Utah woman was arrested Wednesday and accused of sexual battery after police say she approached another woman whose skirt she deemed to be too short and tugged on it at a restaurant.
The incident at a crowded St. George restaurant was captured on video and shared on social media, where it went viral. The video shows a woman apparently confronting someone and saying, “I happen to work for the state,” while displaying what appears to be an ID badge and threatening to call child protective services. During the 36-second video, the friends of the woman wearing the skirt can be heard saying she’s 19 years old and “You do not get to touch her.”
Police say Ida Lorenzo, 48, of Santa Clara, called 911 on Sunday to report harassment in connection to the previous night at the restaurant.
“Ida would like to talk to an officer about a woman wearing a skirt that had hiked up” inappropriately, according to a police booking affidavit, “and there were several minors and small kids present; staff and other adults weren’t addressing the issue.”
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Written by ASHLEY IMLAY, KSL.com.
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