He's apparently the CEO of Cuberon. Wanted to know so I could make sure it's not a company I'm doing business with.
They used to post here long back.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10661084
Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife
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#12Strangely, it appears the main reason this was not elevated to felony assault is because the DA in St Clara County avoided that because it could lead to deportation which the DA prefers to avoid, "Fein indicated that his boss, Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen, seeks to avoid such deportations".
That seems odd. Not saying Rosen's decision is as malformed as Aaron Pesky's, but it deserves some questioning.
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#13Though I don't claim this particular case is usual, it is sadly true that wife abuse is far more common in Indian culture than in the US. In a conversation recently between my wife and an Indian neighbor, it was mentioned in passing that a spouse would be jailed for physical abuse. The married Indian women looked rather worried and asked if it happened just once and that was it then surely no one would get in trouble…
The reported statistics on domestic violence are lower in India than in the US. I understand that "reported" isn't necessarily relative to actual.
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#15Many years ago my colleagues and I helped another colleague and her kids move out of her home. She was deathly scared of her abuser husband and planned everything in secret. But things quite stressful when the husband showed up in the middle of the move (a neighbor called the husband thinking a burglary was taking place). In the end nobody got hurt and we drove away the moving van but we were all shaking. Her husband was a NASA scientist.
The point I want to make is abusers come from all walks of life and are of every nationality. Please do not use this incident as an excuse to generalize or discriminate against Indians or any other particular group. Abusers need to be punished to the full extent of the law, regardless their origin. In this particular case you can look up on crunchbase who funded this guy's company and try to bear pressure.
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#16we need to deport people like this
No, if the alleged crimes are legitimate, he needs to be jailed. Simply handing him off to continue his abuse in another country doesn't fix the problem. It's not like the US has any hesitation with imprisoning people for petty crimes, they sure as hell could do well to actually put away criminals. If he gets deported after serving a sentence, by all means, but we should be focused on actually solving problem behavior not just simply passing the buck.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? He will just go be a rich asshole in India, we should take his money and than deport him.
He needs to be in Jail. I would highly recommend reading the entire article. This guy seems like a psychopath. He put that woman through hell.
Putting him in prison costs us - the taxpayers - money. Deporting him doesn't.
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#18Though I don't claim this particular case is usual, it is sadly true that wife abuse is far more common in Indian culture than in the US. In a conversation recently between my wife and an Indian neighbor, it was mentioned in passing that a spouse would be jailed for physical abuse. The married Indian women looked rather worried and asked if it happened just once and that was it then surely no one would get in trouble…
It's dangerous to justify a statement about a large group of people or their culture using anecdotes. It's the kind of reasoning that leads to racism, antisemitism, etc.
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#19we need to deport people like this
He was given a lesser than normal charge because to quote:
'He confirmed that Gattani’s immigration status was a factor.
“It was a consideration, yes,” he said.'...
"Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen, seeks to avoid such deportations."
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#20She could call a police, instead of kidnapping children.
>discriminate against Indians or any other particular group
Except men...