Christopher Von Keyserling Sentenced In Sex Assault Case

GREENWICH, CT — Christopher von Keyserling, the former Greenwich Representative Town Meeting member who was found guilty this summer of fourth-degree sexual assault, has been sentenced to 90 days of house arrest and two years probation, according to News 12 Connecticut.

JUST IN: Former Greenwich town official Chris Von Keyserling avoids jail-time as he’s sentenced for fourth degree sexual assault. Von Keyserling received 90 days of house arrest and 2 yrs probation. He was convicted of groping a woman at a holiday party in late 2016. @News12CT pic.twitter.com/1GDnV8G4Ow
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Von Keyserling made national news in 2017 after he was arrested following an altercation with a woman at Nathaniel Witherell, a nursing home in Greenwich, in December of 2016.

According to the Greenwich Time, the woman told a jury in July that von Keyserling attended a holiday party on Dec. 8, 2016 at Nathaniel Witherell, and the two got into a heated conversation about politics. The woman told police in a complaint the following day that von Keyserling had followed her into her office, and when she attempted to leave, he touched her inappropriately on the rear and groin area.

A plea deal could not be reached, so a trial began in July. The jury returned a guilty verdict after deliberating for about an hour. Von Keyserling's sentence had been delayed from September.