Footage of the aftermath of former Olympian Kim Glass’ attack in Los Angeles on Saturday shows her aggressor being held down on one of the city’s streets, where blood was also spattered not too far away.
The video recorded by Benson Parks, shows the moment right after Glass, who is a 6ft 3in ex-voyellball player and 2008 silver medalist for Team U.S.A., was attacked by a homeless man wielding a metal pole.
He was later identified as 51-year-old Semeon Tesfamariam and was restrained by bystanders until police arrested him. Over the weekend, Tesfanmarian was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, according to LAPD spokesperson Office Drake Madison.
Several blood stains, spilled leftovers and what appears to be a bag created the crime scene, while the video also shows witnesses holding a cloth to Glass’s head and close to her eye to stop the bleeding while she was recorded yelling in agony.
‘I was eating and heard a lady screaming, so I jumped out of my truck and a guy said he hurt her, I’m like who he pointed and buddy was trying to get away so I chased his b**** a** down and dragged him Back, and stumped his face 1 time,’ Parks posted on his Instagram story.
‘But held him down while other people was just looking scared, I was so mad thinking like what if it was someone I loved so I just did what real men do and protect our women, I hate this happened to her though,’ he added.


Video shared by a Los Angeles resident shows the aftermath of a homeless man attacking former Olympian Kim Glass on Satruday in Los Angleles. The suspect (left) was identified as Semeon Tesfamariam, 51


Glass lsyrt posted a startling video showing the aftermath of the brutal attack on Sunday. No motive for the incident has been publicly released

Benson Parks, who lives in L.A., chased down the homeless man before restraining him to the ground

‘I was eating and heard a lady screaming, so I jumped out of my truck and a guy said he hurt her, I’m like who he pointed and buddy was trying to get away so I chased his b**** a** down and dragged him Back, and stumped his face 1 time,’ Parks recalled on his Instagram story on Monday
After the attack, Glass, 37, said Tesfamariam was acting strangely before running up to her and battering her in the face.
But the LA native reassured fans that despite a blackeye and the ghastly cuts across her head, she was okay after being stitched up.
It comes amid a crime wave sweeping across the city that hundreds of thousands warn is being driven by the woke county district attorney.
George Gascon has been criticized for his liberal approach to crime, with violent offenders being let out of jail early and others not even being locked up.
A petition to recall him has garnered more than 700,000 signatures, with the standard in California being more than 500,000.

In 2011, Glass appeared in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue.
Glass told news outlets how she had been leaving lunch and saying goodbye to her friends before the horrific attack.
She said the ‘homeless man ran-up, he had something in his hand and he was on the other side of a car on the street.’
The Sports Illustrated model and star of the US women’s volleyball team said the attacker looked at her ‘with some pretty hateful eyes.’
Glass said she had been about to turn to her friend to say she thought there was something wrong with him and that he might hit a car.
She continued: ‘Before I knew it, a big metal bolt, like a pipe, hit me… it happened so fast. He literally flung it from the street.’
Glass later said she was okay after having stitches but there would be no permanent damage to her vision.
In an update on her Instagram story on Sunday, Glass said that she was ‘overwhelmed with all of the loving supportive messages’ that she received.
She added: ‘This all could have been so much worse. So I’m grateful right now.’
Although born in LA, Glass grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She went to college at the University of Arizona and was a star on the school’s Wildcats volleyball team.
While in college, Glass attempted to become a contestant on America’s Next Top Model on five separate occasions. But she was turned down each time.


Glass won a silver medal as part of Team USA women’s volleyball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

While in college, Glass attempted to become a contestant on ‘America’s Next Top Model’ on five separate occasions, according to her NBC Olympic profile
In 2011, Glass appeared in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue. On Twitter, she refers to herself as: ‘Olympic Silver Medalist, Personal Trainer, Model, Coach & Motivational Speaker.’
Los Angeles, like the rest of California, is struggling to come to grips with its homelessness problem.
Between 2010 and 2020, the state saw a 31 per cent rise in homelessness while the rest of country experienced a drop of 18 per cent.
In the first sign that Californians are turning their backs on progressive crimefighters, voters in San Francisco voted to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin over his perceived refusal to prosecute certain crimes.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has been widely criticized for his progressive policies, which some say has heightened crime

Meanwhile voters in LA County may soon be able to oust woke DA Gascon after activists submitted hundreds of thousands of signed recall petitions on Wednesday.
The ‘Recall District Attorney George Gascon’ campaign has collected more than 717,000 signatures – well over the 566,857 needed under rules set by the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters.
‘LA, you have made your voices heard,’ campaign activist wrote on Twitter. ‘Together, we’re going to force George Gascon to face the voters.’
Recall activists hope to put the option to recall Gascon on the November ballot.
In order to do so, the signatures from 10 percent of registered voters in Los Angeles County will have to be verified, so the organizers submitted more than needed, in case some are deemed unacceptable.
Critics of Gascon are seeking to recall him over his progressive polices – namely his prohibition of minors being charged as adults and elimination of enhancements that could add time to a convict’s sentence.
The progressive prosecutor – who was elected in 2020 – has been vocal about the need to reform the criminal justice system to focus more on intervention and rehabilitation, blasting ‘tough-on-crime’ policies as racist and a failure.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva (above) claimed the district attorney’s office has thrown out 13,238 cases presented to him since George Gascon took office in 2020

Deputy District Attorney Shea Sanna said woke DA George Gascon is a ‘criminal’s champ’ who disregards public safety

Since being elected in 2020, ‘Recall Gascon’ supporters have sought to remove him from office over his progressive policies

Recall activists have submitted their petitions. The signatures will need to be valid in order for them to count
The deadline for supporters of the recall to turn in their ballots was July 6.
Some county officials have been widely critical of Gascon, including Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
The sheriff claims Gascon dismissed more than 13,000 cases from his office since 2020 because they ‘don’t conform to his special directives.’
‘He showed up like Moses with his 10 Commandments, with his tablets, and said: ‘Here’s my special orders, take ’em or take ’em,” Villanueva previously told Fox News.
‘That does not promote a good working relationship.’
Los Angeles’ Deputy District Attorney Shea Sanna recently slammed his boss, Gascon, for encouraging criminals to ‘commit more crimes.’
Sanna claimed the 68-year-old DA is a ‘criminal’s champ’ and neglects the need for ‘public safety’ and residents’ feelings with his woke policies.
He also said he has made it hard for their office to do their job because ‘as soon as we catch a perpetrator, we have to release them.’
The Gascon recall effort is the second in less than a year.