Domestic violence case accused faces jail term

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Tech mogul Gurbaksh Chahal, on parole for two domestic violence charges, was found guilty of violating his parole on July 22, after evidence emerged that he had attacked another woman.

The Indian American executive is scheduled to be sentenced on August 12. He could face jail time or have his parole extended.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Tracie Brown ordered Chahal, 34, to surrender his passports to the court. Also, in a move hailed by local women’s rights organizations, Brown ruled that a 30-minute video, depicting the violence Chahal allegedly inflicted on his first victim, could be shown to determine sentencing.

During the 2014 trial, a judge ruled that the surveillance video was illegally obtained and barred it from being shown during the proceedings.

The founder of RadiumOne was first arrested in 2013, after his girlfriend complained to the police that he had hit and kicked her 117 times in his San Francisco, Calif., penthouse.

Chahal was initially charged with 47 felony counts of domestic violence, but eventually entered into a deal with prosecutors, in which he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of battery and domestic violence.

Chahal was forced to step down from RadiumOne after he pleaded guilty to the battery and domestic violence charges. He went on to found Gravity4, an online advertising company.

Chahal was sued last year by one of his employees at Gravity4, who has accused him of gender discrimination and illegal surveillance.