The woman who presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway says physically assaulted her in October is married to the CEO of a $43 million environmental charity and manages volunteers for a nonprofit that boasts 'empathy' as 'a priority skill' for 'living and working together in this radically different world.'
Beth Inabinett, 63, for the first time. She faces a March trial for second-degree assault in Montgomery County, Maryland. Inabinett could also be charged with a federal crime, according to a Justice Department official.
The case stems from an incident during a birthday party at a restaurant near Washington. Continuing Inabinett 'grabbed me from behind' and 'shook me repeatedly.' Inabinett is married to Andy Sharpless, a former executive vice president of Discovery.com who has served as CEO of Oceana since 2003. The celebrated environmental group works to preserve and restore ocean ecosystems worldwide.
She describes herself in her LinkednIn profile as a former 'Alinsky-style community organizer in Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia and Massachusetts' who now works as a volunteer recruiter at Ashoka, a Virginia-based nonprofit that supports more than 3,500 social entrepreneurs.
Ashoka lists 'empathy' first among the planks in its platform for global success, describing it as 'the ability to understand and respond to the feelings of others.'
'In a changemaker world, empathy is as fundamental as reading and math,' according to the organization's website.
Sharpless is a birthright Quaker. Inabinett has accompanied him to meetings of the Christian sect, which emphasizes pacifism and nonviolence in its teachings.A 2013 newsletter of the Third Haven Friends Meeting in Easton, Maryland, pictures them in a family reunion photo along with their daughters and Sharpless's parents. The same newsletter solicited registrations for a workshop of the Quaker meeting house's 'Alternatives to Violence Project.'
A police report says Inabinett yelled 'Shame on you' at Conway, and 'other comments believed to about Conway's political views.' Conway says she physically attacked her.
'This was not a social media spat or a publicity-hungry attempt by owners or activists in a restaurant to go viral,' Conway
'This woman now facing criminal charges grabbed me from behind, shook me repeatedly, inches away from my teenage daughter, with many witnesses, and no denial from her at that time. I told her repeatedly to get her hands off of me.'
Bill McDaniel Jr., a lawyer representing Inabinett, said a statement Tuesday that his client 'saw Kellyanne Conway, a public figure, in a public place, and exercised her First Amendment right to express her personal opinions.'
'She did not assault Ms. Conway,' McDaniel said. 'The facts at trial will show this to be true, and show Ms. Conway’s account to be false.'
Inabinett answered her door in a Washington, D.C. suburb on Tuesday morning and said only: 'You know I really can’t comment.'
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