A prominent Ohio businessman and restaurateur allegedly told a woman he was dating "you think God is going to help you?" as she prayed she wouldn't die during a brutal attack he was unleashing upon her.

Robert "Bobby" George, 44, of Lakewood, was forcing a towel down the 25-year-old victim's throat and biting her on the nose, as well as spitting in her face, during the vicious June 2024 assault, according to Cuyahoga County prosecutors.

George, who owns TownHall restaurant and the Barley House in Cleveland , among other local businesses, plans to plead guilty to a charge of attempted strangulation that will allow him to skip grand jury proceedings, Cleveland.com reports.

He intends to admit that he attacked the woman during an argument and choked her multiple times over several hours, a

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