Sonic Automotive CEO Indicted on Assault Charge in Choking Case
- David Smith faces 4 charges; woman reported assault in October
- Case triggered watchdogs to call for stronger corporate action
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Sonic Automotive Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Smith has been indicted on four charges related to his October arrest for an alleged assault on a woman, according to the district attorney’s office in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County.
Smith, 46, was charged Monday with assault by strangulation, false imprisonment, assault on a female and interfering with emergency communications, said Meghan McDonald, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 18.