{"id":326906,"date":"2025-12-02T18:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/suspect-arrested-for-allegedly-slapping-nyu-students-butt-watch-the-video"},"modified":"2025-12-02T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:54:47","slug":"suspect-arrested-for-allegedly-slapping-nyu-students-butt-watch-the-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/suspect-arrested-for-allegedly-slapping-nyu-students-butt-watch-the-video","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Slapping NYU Scholar&#039;s Butt, Watch the Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Alleged Butt Slapper<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Caught On Video Ass-Smacking NYU Student<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-12-02T15:42:52-08:00\">December 2, 2025 3:42 PM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"47\">\n<section id=\"cb-295929a9f43ef83208698889aa12c10c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3523102f-973e-4843-9606-fd745054a303-502603521-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3523102f-973e-4843-9606-fd745054a303-502603521-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Abuse\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ac\/16by9\/2025\/12\/02\/ac3798e4ab7c49f4a634a8f60aab8aa5_md.jpg\" alt=\"120225_nyu_student_attack_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-295929a9f43ef83208698889aa12c10c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fcdceb08d122cb535e0698d71bb3176c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>An NYU student was randomly attacked Monday in Greenwich Village &#8230; and now a suspect has been arrested for the bizarre butt-slapping on a sidewalk, TMZ has confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fcdceb08d122cb535e0698d71bb3176c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a282f74e99402a7b3003403a43b72c16\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Watch the video &#8230; a man wearing a light-blue scarf follows a 20-year-old woman across a busy street to sneak up behind her and strike her hard on the behind. He follows up by knocking her to the ground with another vicious blow to the head.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a282f74e99402a7b3003403a43b72c16--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b52f17b6ad0e87124460c8a1a7adca54\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>This all took place in broad daylight in lower Manhattan as the poor woman was just trying to make her way to a 9:30 AM class.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b52f17b6ad0e87124460c8a1a7adca54--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8c013e3b0d8187bee9c3eac418a69b00\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251202_212068518c624ec59334d7c373887592\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3404ca0a-5fc4-4003-861e-6ebb19ecc66d\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/21\/4by3\/2025\/12\/02\/212068518c624ec59334d7c373887592_md.jpg\" alt=\"120225_nyu_student_attack_bystanders\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8c013e3b0d8187bee9c3eac418a69b00--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f4936e2e7711a2d8ed9590cca0cddc8f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>The video also shows passersby &#8212; clearly stunned by the occurrence &#8212; tend to the woman after her fall.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f4936e2e7711a2d8ed9590cca0cddc8f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-29eede1c0686f93e48db8b16020be982\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Thankfully, the school is on top of it, and so are the police.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-29eede1c0686f93e48db8b16020be982--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ffc8f9d797f20ebff96d87995eddcbd8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>NYU spokesperson John Beckman tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;The University is deeply disturbed by the attack on one of its female students that took place yesterday morning on a Broadway sidewalk. We take this incident very seriously; we are offering support to the student, and NYU&#8217;s Campus Safety Department is working with the police in investigating the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ffc8f9d797f20ebff96d87995eddcbd8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eb71ae0d2a4b9d20b64e95bc104c56f5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-003da33b-5e09-4b1e-9130-7922ffac3d4c-1746068214-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-003da33b-5e09-4b1e-9130-7922ffac3d4c-1746068214-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6a\/16by9\/2025\/12\/02\/6aec99150c3a4514a11ccfbce3550ceb_md.jpg\" alt=\"tmz_most_outrageous_tonight_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eb71ae0d2a4b9d20b64e95bc104c56f5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-586a1345a32879f90c6acceba725d5bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>He continued &#8230; &#8220;The incident was reported to our Department of Campus Safety yesterday afternoon. The department&#8217;s victim services unit promptly reached out to the student; they have assisted her in connecting with detectives from the local precinct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-586a1345a32879f90c6acceba725d5bd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f8b5d63b439450144d14528c067af46d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The NYPD confirmed to TMZ officers responded to a 911 call &#8230; they identified the suspect and arrested 45-year-old <strong>James Rizzo<\/strong>. Rizzo was booked for persistent sexual abuse, forcible touching, and assault &#8230; we&#8217;re told Rizzo has 16 prior arrests.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f8b5d63b439450144d14528c067af46d--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/02\/man-slapping-nyu-student-butt-video\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alleged Butt Slapper Caught On Video Ass-Smacking NYU Student Published December 2, 2025 3:42 PM PST Play video content An NYU student was randomly attacked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[517,3354,3357,3356,3358,3360,3355,3353,3359,1679],"class_list":["post-326906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-abuse","tag-campus-security","tag-campus-security-division","tag-james-rizzo","tag-john-beckman","tag-new-york-university","tag-nyu","tag-nyus-campus-security-division","tag-slapping","tag-spokesperson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326908,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326906\/revisions\/326908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}