Posted on 08/28/2018 7:52:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Paul Gonzales pleaded not guilty to extortion, grand theft and other charges stemming from his repeated “dine-and-dash” dates with women he contacted on dating apps.
His alleged crimes go back to 2016 and apparently ended earlier this year, when one of his latest victims was left to cover the $130 check for a shrimp and filet mignon dinner at Smitty’s Bar in Pasadena.
Prosecutors say Gonzales, 45, has left eight women with bills totaling about $1,000.
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I don’t see how that can be classified as a crime. It’s reneging on an implied agreement - the agreement being that the male is the default payer of the bill.
If a female had ducked out without paying the bill, we would not be talking about this. The male is expected to pay. “Yes, officer, my date, Susie, went to the powder room and didn’t come back. I was stuck with the bill.”
Got to be more to it than this... Particularly if they were ugly and fat, why would we assume he should pay the bill.
Maybe the woman had no money and the restaurant management called the police.
How about we just shoot him now before he escalates his crimes against women???
The accumulation of his behavior in multiple restaurants probably moves it to a felony
Yeah - I was thinking that the goal in dating is to have sex, not to cadge a free meal.....but perhaps not if you’re not interested in the opposite sex.
Wonder how many homos he has done this to?
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