The man who allegedly attacked Olympic volleyball player Kim Glass in California over the weekend with a metal pipe has a history of attacking others, prosecutors said on July 12.
“This was a brutal, unprovoked attack. Mr. Tesfamariam has a troubling history of attacking apparently random people with dangerous weapons. His behavior appears to have escalated with time,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
Semeon Tesfamariam, 50, was convicted in 2020 of a serious and/or violent felony, according to Gascón’s office.
Tesfamariam also committed at least one other felony assault.
He was sentenced to probation and later received jail time, but was on parole when he attacked Glass on July 8, authorities say….