A now-grown Tylor Fu punched Richard Gross, who is pictured here, after Gross was sentenced for sexually abusing Fu. (Screenshot: KLAS)
Outraged over his abuser dodging a prison sentence, a man stood up in court and punched his attacker. The abuser, Richard Gross, 80, described briefly losing consciousness, according to documents obtained by KLAS. The victim, Tylor Fu, 29, was arrested for misdemeanor battery in connection with the courtroom incident.
“I was extremely angry,” Fu told the outlet in a Friday report. “I know he’s old, but that doesn’t change anything like that, doesn’t change the damage that he caused, the horrific effects that I had to live through for decades, and it was not justice at all.”
The court in Clark County, Nevada, reportedly did not release video of the actual strike from Oct. 2, just the events that preceded and followed it.
Fu said that Gross, a family friend who babysat him, sexually abused him from the ages of 8 to 15.
In a 2021 lawsuit that he filed against Gross, he reportedly said that Gross told him not to tell anyone, “including your mom,” and that the defendant described wanting them both to feel good.
Fu said he stepped forward when his wife shared with him a news article about sexual abuse.
Regarding why he shared his story, Fu told the outlet, “It just feels like the right thing to do and I really want all the kids out there to know if you’ve been, you know, sexually abused, it’s not right and you need to report it. We cannot tolerate sexual abuse of children, and it is absolutely one of the worst crimes any human can commit and needs to be stopped.”
Gross entered an Alford plea on July 20 — — refusing to admit guilt but acknowledging the likelihood of conviction — to one count of attempted lewdness with a child under the age of 14.
As part of his punishment, he received five years of probation under a suspended sentence of 60 to 180 months in prison. He must also register as a sex offender.
“It just doesn’t make sense how someone can abuse a child multiple times and just walk away without any prison time,” Fu said.
He acknowledged prosecutors may have believed the case to be weak because of how long it took for Fu to report the abuse, but he said he can remember the specifics of the crime. That was reportedly reflected in his testimony to the grand jury.
Fu made a GoFundMe after some KLAS viewers saw the initial story on the case and asked if he had a campaign.
A trial in the civil case against Gross and his wife, who is listed as a co-defendant, is set for Feb. 5, records show.
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