The owner of Avondale restaurant Warlord is being temporarily released from electronic monitoring for a business trip abroad, as co-owners condemn the allegations against him, according to Cook County court records and the eatery.
Trevor B. Fleming, 41, was charged with nonconsensual dissemination of a sexual image, a felony, records show. He was arrested Jan. 17.
A Cook County judge Thursday allowed him to be released from electronic monitoring starting Jan. 31 until he returns Feb. 16 from Japan for “business travel” related to his work as a chef, according to court documents.
In their first public comment about the case, co-owners of Warlord 3198 N. Milwaukee Ave., released a scathing statement Thursday.
“We find the allegations against our co-owner to be reprehensible; that type of behavior and any individuals who perpetrate it have no place at Warlord,” Emily Kraszyk and John Lupton, chefs and co-owners of Warlord, said in the written statement. “Warlord was built on the foundations of family and friendship — a destination for our community. The trust of that community has been broken, and we will do everything in our power to earn it back as we
coordinate with legal counsel on an appropriate path forward.”
During a Monday hearing in domestic violence court, a judge approved an order of protection for a woman. It was the second order of protection Fleming has been served involving former female co-workers in about a year, who have accused him of emotional, verbal and physical abuse, court records show.
Fleming is due back in court Feb. 18.
Sun-Times Wire
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