Jeff Bezos protester resolves criminal case in Las Vegas
Felony charges have been dropped against an animal rights activist who protested during Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ appearance in June at a conference at the Aria.
Priya Sawhney, a resident of Berkeley, California, approached Bezos on stage at Amazon’s re:Mars conference June 6 and yelled at him about the conditions in a California poultry farm that supplies his company, The Associated Press reported.
A member of the Bay Area-based animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere, Sawhney has protested factory farms on numerous occasions.
Sawney forged credentials to enter the conference, according to a criminal complaint filed July 12.
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(Las Vegas Review Journal)