Business Owner Arrested After Allegedly Spanking Two Employees

SharpLS-96 · 11-10-04, 03:31 PM

I wonder if the 19 yr old girls were hot at least??

j/k

http://www.wftv.com/news/3905790/detail.html

Business Owner Arrested After Allegedly Spanking Two Employees

POSTED: 7:58 am EST November 10, 2004

RED BANK, Tenn. -- The owner of a shaved ice business was arrested after two employees claimed he spanked them for making mistakes at work.

Paul Eugene Levengood, 57, was charged with two counts of sexual battery after the 19-year-old women complained.

One of the women told police that on her first day at the Tasty Flavors Sno Biz, Levengood made her sign a statement that said: "I give Gene permission to bust my behind any way he sees fit."

Police Sgt. Jay LaMance said the women likely accepted the spankings instead of leaving immediately because they were "brought up to respect anybody who is an authority figure."

One of the women told police Nov. 1 that she "was shocked at the incident but could not leave because she had no transportation." The other woman said she continued to work for Levengood for more than a year after she was spanked and that he told her "either she could be spanked or be fired."

Police say one of the women reported that on Oct. 30, her fourth day on the job, Levengood called her "into the back room of the store" after she forgot to put a banana in a smoothie drink.

She said that as punishment Levengood "bent her over his knee and spanked her behind 20 times." She said that a day earlier he "snapped a photograph of her behind" as she reached for a bottle on a shelf.

Levengood was freed on $2,000 bail pending a Nov. 16 court hearing. His franchise in this Chattanooga suburb was closed Tuesday.

At the company headquarters in Minneapolis, sales manager Tom Novetzke described Levengood as a "very Christian person," adding that "We've never had a complaint."

mmarshall · 11-10-04, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by SharpLS-96
I wonder if the 19 yr old girls were hot at least?? j/k
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I don't see where "hot" or "cold" has anything to do with it. Sounds to me like this guy was just trying to teach them how to do a job properly...though, obviously, I disagree with his methods. And he may, in fact be guilty of battery even if the girls did sign a statement.....a contract that endorses illegal behavior will not hold up in court.

bitkahuna · 11-10-04, 06:39 PM

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Originally posted by SharpLS-96
At the company headquarters in Minneapolis, sales manager Tom Novetzke described Levengood as a "very Christian person,"... [/b]

Ludicrous comment. I expect they said the same about those who lead the Inquisition.

mmarshall · 11-10-04, 07:25 PM

Yes...although Christ spoke in the Gospels many times about punishment, and told many parables, it has not been recorded or written that He ever hit or spanked anyone. His most violent physical act was to turn over some merchant tables and drive animals out of the Temple.

videcormeum · 11-10-04, 09:32 PM

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Originally posted by SharpLS-96

One of the women told police that on her first day at the Tasty Flavors Sno Biz, Levengood made her sign a statement that said: "I give Gene permission to bust my behind any way he sees fit."

Uh, there could have been much worse "butt busting" going on in lieu of that contract ...

Still - the guy is a perv ... lock him up.

M.

mmarshall · 11-11-04, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by whipimpin
Uh, there could have been much worse "butt busting" going on in lieu of that contract ...

Still - the guy is a perv ... lock him up.

M.

Yeah...like I said, a "contract " over illegal behavior is not a binding contract at all. It would not hold up in court. It's hard to really judge the guy's motives here. He may be, as you say, a pervert, or this just may be his idea of instilling the work ethic. But...as you note, this guy will probably do some time.
Still, those girls were awful dumb to sign something like that in the first place.

Captain Bone · 11-11-04, 12:19 PM

I'm surprised the girls let it happen and then said something to police.

The girls I know would of whooped on this guy the moment he even suggested "spanking".

-Anthony

mikeloc24 · 11-11-04, 12:25 PM

Let's see, he insisted they sign a contract which stated he had the right to "bust their butts"...he only spanked 19 yr old female employees (I suspect he was the only male working there, he did the interviews, and he did the hiring, he had all the power in that store), he took a photo of one of the women's butts as she went about her duties...yep, he's a perv without a doubt!! Nothing anyone could say will make me think otherwise...