Calling her showboating crime part of an “unnerving trend” that must be denounced, a Toronto judge has ordered Marcella Zoia — known as “chair girl” — to pay a $2,000 fine, perform 150 hours of community service and remain on probation for two years. Last November, Zoia pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief endangering life and apologized for throwing an Ikea chair from a condo tower near the busy Gardiner Expressway in February 2019. Zoia admitted someone recorded the chair-tossing on her cellphone but denied posting it to her personal Snapchat account, where it went viral. He added the case is precedent setting, because it deals “with the problems and complexities and dangers of social media and how it can adversely affect peoples’ lives. Greene said $2,000 was a “relatively significant fine” that will be punitive “and will drive home to Miss Zoia and the public that there’s a significant consequence for her actions.”

Source: thestar July 21, 2020 15:57 UTC