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One-time startup leader Brian Wong pleaded guilty to criminal charges that he assaulted a young woman 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 from guilty to not guilty, according to records in Austin district court. His lawyer, Sam Bassett, didn’t respond to requests for comment. Source link lol