Ryan Getman age 30, who was the person that punched Danny Jamieson of The Real World Austin cast while he was on the ground, may now have that aggravated assault charge dismissed as reported by the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.
The incident happened during the filming of the first episode of The Real World Austin in January 2005 as Danny was leaving a Sixth Street bar when an argument ensued with the group Mr. Getman was part of.
Danny Jamieson’s eye socket was crushed by the punch landed by Ryan Getman which caused Danny blurry vision and immense pain shortly after leading to surgery.
The punch was filmed and turned over to the Austin Texas authorities which lead to Mr. Getman’s arrest in May 2005.
The reason why the judge will probably dismiss the aggravated assault charge is because of double jeopardy, meaning you can not be tried for the same crime twice.
A separate court case in another county of Texas litigated previously the aggravated assault charge in question when trying to revoke Mr. Getman’s 5 year probation for a felony theft charge that happened in 2002.
I find this to be an odd twist to what you would think is an air tight case of assault which occured in front of a camera crew and viewed by millions of people.
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