- A judge decided that Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, a Southern California college professor, will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish counter-protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war.
- Alnaji, 51, is accused of striking Paul Kessler with a megaphone in November 2023 during a confrontation at an anti-Israel event in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
- Alnaji was charged with involuntary manslaughter and battery causing serious bodily injury, with special allegations of personally inflicting great bodily injury on each count. If found guilty of all charges, he could be sentenced to more than four years in prison. Read More