Korean Yogurt Mogul Guilty of Beating LA Homeless Man with Tire Iron

BBC
November 9, 2013

shelly hwang and young lee pinkberry comYoung Lee, co-founder of frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry, was found guilty by a California judge of beating a homeless man in Los Angeles in June of 2011.

According to documents, Mr Lee became angry after the man, Donald Bolding, flashed a graphic tattoo at the people in Mr Lee’s car, including his fiancée.

He later returned with an accomplice and beat Mr Bolding with a tyre iron.

Mr Lee, 49, co-founded Pinkberry in 2005 but left the company in 2010.

He was arrested in January 2013 at Los Angeles International Airport on “outstanding charges.”

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