A black man who beat a Hispanic woman into a coma during an argument over a parking space in Manhattan, now wishes he’d just let her hit him.
Oscar Fuller, a 35-year-old, 150-pound father of two, is claiming self-defense.
He says Lana Rosas hit him first before he landed a punch on her jaw, sending the 4ft 11in, 100 pound woman crumpling to the ground. The punch knocked 25-year-old Rosas out cold as she hit her head on the concrete. She has been in a coma at Bellevue Hospital ever since the February 25 incident.
The argument ensued when Fuller steered his Plymouth Voyager into a parking space in East Village only to find Rosas standing there holding the space for her boyfriend, Joseph Oliver, who was making a U-turn across the street. When Rosas refused to move and let Fuller have the space, he got out of his car to confront her.
Fuller’s attorney told the court that Fuller acted out of instinct, not intent, when he sucker punched Rosas as her boyfriend came running.
Fuller was charged with felony assault and released on $100,000 bond during a court hearing yesterday. He’s now saying all the right things to pacify a community that is outraged at his cowardly behavior.
The electrician from Queens, apologized to Rosas and her family today, saying “I wish I just let her hit me. It was out of reflex, just a reaction that went the wrong way.”
Despite expressing regret and remorse, it was a different Fuller who attempted to get away after laying Rosas out on the concrete. Luckily, a citizen witnessed the incident and wrote down Fuller’s license plate number.
Fuller said he attended a child’s birthday party after the assault.
He has prior arrests for assault and drug possession. Fuller’s next court date is on April 7.
