An Iowa City business owner faced felony charges after a female employee claimed he assaulted her at work.
Iowa Business Supply owner Donald Born, 49, was accused of attacking one of his workers at about 4 p.m. June 11, 2015. Born allegedly grabbed the back of the woman’s head, smashed her face into her desk multiple times, punched her in the face multiple times, threw her against a shelf, held her head down and attempted to pull off her pants before he stopped the assault and let her get up, according to KCRG.
The woman’s injuries required hospital treatment. Born was also hospitalized after the incident, the report said.
Court records showed an arrest warrant was issued June 12 for Born; jail records showed he was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 6. 2015. Born was charged with one count of willful injury causing bodily injury, and one count of third-degree sexual assault. The charges are both felonies.
A no-contact order was issued against Born at his first court appearance on the charges July 7.
Born remained held in the Johnson County, Iowa Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
