THE OWNER OF A RESTAURANT IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT. CARLOS ECHEANDIA, OWNER OF “CARLOS BISTRO”, WAS ARRESTED AFTER A WAITRESS TRAINEE TOLD POLICE HE ASSAULTED HER WHILE TRAINING HER TO BECOME A BARTENDER. ACCORDING TO ARREST PAPERS THE WOMAN TOLD POLICE ECHEANDIA TOLD HER TO TAKE OFF HER CLOTHES AND ASSAULTED HER AFTER HE HAD HER TRY A FEW DRINKS. POLICE LATER LISTENED IN ON A PHONE CALL IN WHICH HE TOLD THE VICTIM HE WAS SORRY AND THAT HE HAD CROSSED A LINE. ECHEANDIA WAS CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITHOUT CONSENT.
