Kiip Co-Founder Brian Wong Pleads Guilty to 2016 Indecent Assault
Wong was one of the youngest entrepreneurs to launch a startup and win VC backing.
Brian Wong
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One-time startup leader Brian Wong pleaded guilty to criminal charges that he assaulted a woman during the 2016 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
With a jury trial looming in September, state prosecutors reduced the offense to indecent assault from attempted sexual assault, making it a misdemeanor instead of a felony charge, and Wong changed his plea to guilty from not guilty, according to records in Austin district court.