Associate professor Lionel McIntyre, who allegedly assaulted a University employee in November, appeared in criminal court on Jan. 26 for pretrial proceedings.
According to a spokesperson from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, an order of protection was served for the victim of the case, School of the Arts production manager Camille Davis.
The case has been adjourned until March 26, when it will move into the discovery phase. At that point, evidence will begin to be presented.
Police reports indicate that McIntyre, a professor in the urban planning program at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, got into an argument with Davis and punched her in the face at Toast, a bar on Broadway near 125th Street.
The alleged assault took place on Nov. 6. McIntyre was arrested and charged with third-degree assault three days later, when Davis reported the incident to police.
The Jan. 26 appearance followed McIntyre’s failure to appear in court on Jan. 11, which delayed the case for two weeks.
“Sometimes these things are fast, and sometimes they take a long time,” the DA spokesperson said.
McIntyre was again released without bail.
Daniel Morgan, a former Toast regular who says he knew both McIntyre and Davis, has been critical of the bar for not reporting the incident.
“Everyone wants it to go away. Toast wants it to go away. … At some point the University has to say something,” he said.
The adjournment, he added, was unnecessary. “I’m so pissed, I can’t tell you. What are you going to do, give him the Fourth of July weekend?” he said.
Representatives from Toast have repeatedly declined to comment, and Columbia spokesperson Robert Hornsby also declined to speak.
McIntyre could not be reached for comment.
sarah.darville@columbiaspectator.com
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