Assault charge for man who groped Easter Bunny at Pittsburgh mall

A New Jersey man was charged with indecent assault after being accused of groping a woman working as the Easter Bunny at Pittsburgh's South Hills Village Mall. After referring him to an assistant during a children's photoshoot, he asked inappropriate questions, then interfered with the costume and grabbed the performer's breasts.

According to the assistant, prior to the alleged assault, he asked questions such as "Is it a boy or a girl?" Along with grabbing the woman dressed as the bunny, the man also began to put his fingers in the nose and mouth of the costume. 

After speaking with the victim and a witness, police reviewed security footage from the mall and were able to identify the suspect. 

He was later found in the AMC Theater next to the mall, and he was asleep in the top row of one of the auditoriums. 

Bera Shivakrishna, 36, was arrested and taken into custody. Here's a report from WPXI, which added that he remains in Allegheny County jail.

Previously: Man arrested for trying to sell a human penis (not his) at a shopping mall