Indian-American ad mogul's trial on violence postponed

The trial of Indian-American advertisement mogul Gurbaksh "G" Chahal who has been booked on 45 felony charges has been postponed amid allegations that he bribed USD 1 million to a politician to make the charges of violence and abuse "go away".
Chahal, 33, was to appear before a San Francisco court September 11 for a hearing on charges of hitting and kicking a woman whom he met while on trial for hitting his girlfriend over 100 times in a hour, SFist reported.
But his trial was pushed to November 13. No reason for the move was immediately given for the delay, but the postponement came after the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Chahal allegedly paid former California assembly speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown USD 1 million to get video evidence deemed inadmissible.

Brown denied in a radio interview that he said he could make the charges against RadiumOne CEO Chahal go away, and said what he did do was ethical, Business Insider reported.
Chahal originally faced 45 felony counts for allegedly beating his girlfriend more than 100 times in 30 minutes in August 2013.
Chahal pleaded guilty in April 2014 to two misdemeanour charges and is serving three years of probation.

The report citing documents obtained by it reported that Chahal offered to pay Brown, a lawyer, for his help dismissing the charges.
Chahal reportedly said in an email to a RadiumOne board member that he met with Brown and wrote that Brown "wants USD 1 million if he can make this go away."

Chahal also reportedly paid Brown a USD 250,000 retainer, though some of that money was later returned after the judge ruled that a video of the alleged incident was inadmissible.