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Attacker Lucas Kalisher, as part of a sweetheart plea deal he struck, had to pay his teen victim $207 for treatment he sought after the viral, caught-on-video assault at the fast food join in Loveland, Colo., on Aug. 4, 2024.
Kalisher — the ex-CEO of Boulder-based private equity firm Summit Source Funding — was sentenced by Larimer County Judge Carroll Michelle Brinegar Monday to 30 months probation, an anger management exam and treatment and120 hours of community service.
He was also ordered to write the teenager an apology letter and continue to pay for any additional mental health treatment he may seek, a spokesperson with the Larimer County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to The Post.
Kalisher was charged with class four felony second-degree assault with strangulation and misdemeanor child abuse and faced up to six years behind bars if he was convicted at trial.
But he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, a class five felony, Monday. And if he doesn’t stay out of trouble he could land in jail for three years.
DA spokesperson Kylie Massman said the victim and his parents met with the DA’s office several times before the plea and gave it their stamp of approval.
“They were consulted and were in full agreement with going forward with that,” Massman said.
During the incident, the teen was playing around with two pals, splashing water when he accidentally got some on Kalisher’s wife. The boy then went over to apologize to the woman when Kalisher accosted him, putting him in a chokehold and flinging him backward onto the floor.
“You don’t treat a lady that way,” Kalisher said.
Other patrons in the restaurant told Kalisher he shouldn’t be “picking on a kid like that.”
He and his wife left the joint but Kalisher turned himself in to the cops that night.
In April 2025, he pleaded not guilty and was released on $75,000 bond.
Kalisher’s criminal defense attorney didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
