CEO of equity firm attempted to strangle and slam teen at In-N-Out
Inset: Lucas Kalisher (Larimer County Sheriff's Office). Background: Cellphone video showing Lucas Kalisher attacking a teen inside a Colorado In-N-Out Burger (Facebook/Domonique Alire).
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A Colorado private equity executive has been sentenced to probation after admitting he attacked a teenager inside an In-N-Out Burger last year.
Lucas Kalisher of Loveland was ordered Tuesday to serve 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to attempted second-degree assault by strangulation, according to the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. In addition to probation, he must complete an anger management evaluation, perform 120 hours of community service, write an apology letter to the victim, stay away from the teen, and pay just over $200 in restitution.
Kalisher was the CEO of Boulder-based Summit Source Funding at the time of the August 2024 incident.
Loveland police responded around 1 a.m. to the In-N-Out Burger at 1450 Fall River Drive after reports that a 15-year-old boy had been assaulted. According to a police press release, the teen told officers he and two friends had been inside the restaurant “engaging in horseplay by splashing water on one another.” During the interaction, an adult woman sitting nearby was accidentally splashed.
Police said the teen approached the woman’s table to apologize when a man accompanying her allegedly grabbed him, placed both hands around his neck, pulled him down onto the table, and then threw him backward onto the floor.
Kalisher and the woman left the restaurant before officers arrived. Over the following week, investigators interviewed witnesses and reviewed cellphone video of the incident that had been posted online. Witnesses later identified Kalisher, police said.
About a week after the incident, Kalisher turned himself in and was charged with second-degree assault by strangulation and child abuse. As part of a plea agreement, those charges were dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea to attempted second-degree assault by strangulation.
Prosecutors said that if Kalisher fails to comply with the terms of his plea agreement, he could face sentencing on a class 5 felony, which carries a potential penalty of one to three years in prison.
Kalisher’s LinkedIn page, which has since been deleted, previously listed him as CEO of Summit Source Funding. The company did not respond to requests for comment regarding his current employment status.
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