Celeb chef Justin Sutherland was charged Monday after his arrest on allegations that he threatened to shoot his former girlfriend final week in St. Paul and hit her with a gun.
Sutherland, 39, was charged in Ramsey County District Court docket with felony threats of violence in reference to the incident Friday evening within the 800 block of Entrance Avenue shortly after 8 p.m., when police responded to a name a couple of man with a gun.
The lady informed police that Sutherland pointed a gun at her, struck her within the chest with the weapon, the legal criticism learn. Fearing for her life, she put up her fingers and pleaded to not be shot.
A listening to was scheduled for Sutherland later Monday morning, when a choose is anticipated to set bail. Court docket data don’t but listing an lawyer for him. He has utilized to the choose to have a public defender appointed for him, in line with court docket data.
Officers arrested Sutherland after they “decided a home assault and threats of violence occurred,” Police Sgt. Mike Ernster stated in a press release over the weekend.
Sutherland was the unique govt chef for the Good-looking Hog, a southern-style restaurant in St. Paul that opened in 2016. He has severed ties with the eatery however has since opened a breakfast sandwich store, Large E, on Grand Avenue in St. Paul.
He was additionally planning to open a brand new restaurant together with his father, Kerry Sutherland, within the former house of the Golden Thyme Cafe in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood.
Sutherland has made a number of appearances on TV, competing on “High Chef” and profitable “Iron Chef America.” He gained an Emmy for his internet collection “Style the Tradition.”