CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WINA) – Don Gathers, a member of the city’s first Police Civilian Review Board and Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces, is charged with misdemeanor assault and battery for allegedly grabbing a woman’s breast.
The woman says she was on duty at the Home2 Suits by Hilton located at Ridge Street and Monticello when Gathers asked her to help him inventory a Coca Cola delivery, during which he grabbed her right breast with both hands. She states in her criminal complaint that Gathers had made verbal advances over the course of several days leading up to the incident, and that she had told him multiple times that she has a boyfriend and did not want him.
Gathers next court appearance is scheduled for November 17.
