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WH Reporter April Ryan’s Bodyguard Charged With Assault For Forcibly Removing Journalist Filming Her

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WH Reporter April Ryan’s Bodyguard Charged With Assault For Forcibly Removing Journalist Filming Her
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A bodyguard for CNN political analyst April Ryan has been summoned to appear by a New Jersey court after he allegedly assaulted a journalist who was filming Ryan at a speaking event.

On August 3, Charlie Kratovil, a reporter with the New Brunswick Today, attended the New Jersey Parent Summit at the Heldrich Hotel. There, Ryan, who is D.C. bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, delivered the keynote address. Kratovil was credentialed as a reporter and was videotaping the speech when one of Ryan’s bodyguards, Joel Morris, allegedly seized his camera and forcibly ejected him from the hotel.

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