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Who and what gave her the right to put her hands on this woman?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/utah-woman-gets-plea-deal-204151443.html
Utah woman gets plea deal after pulling teen's skirt down in viral TikTok video

A Utah woman who went viral and was dubbed a "Karen" after she was accused of pulling down a young woman's skirt that she found to be too short and revealing in public has entered into a plea deal on a misdemeanor sexual battery charge.

Ida Lorenzo, 49, confronted a young woman April 20 at a St. George, Utah, eatery in a spat partly caught on camera.

In the video, posted April 21, she appears to brag that she works for the state as she admonishes the young woman for her skirt.

“I happen to work for the state, and if I have to watch your ass cheeks hanging out again I will call CPS,” Lorenzo says in the clip, referring to Utah’s Division of Child Protective Services.

In the clip, the young woman in the skirt is not visible.

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The charge was lowered to a class B misdemeanor in a plea deal filed Aug. 7, according to Washington County court records.

She entered a plea in abeyance, no contest. Under the agreement, no sentence will be imposed for a year as long as she complies with the terms — she is not allowed to commit any crimes, she may not contact the victim, and she must undergo a mental health evaluation.

Susanne Gustin, Lorenzo’s attorney, said Tuesday that Lorenzo has declined to comment on the plea agreement.

The day she was charged, Lorenzo was sent a termination letter from the Utah attorney general’s office, where she worked as a legal secretary for less than two months, Utah News Dispatch reported. The letter of termination said she had “not passed your probationary employment period successfully” and cited “your non-compliance with policies and standards related to performance,” the news site reported.

Who and what gave her the right to put her hands on this woman?
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