Student’s Assault Trial Delayed

The attorney for the the Mather House junior arrested for assault and battery in December has filed a motion to suppress evidence of statements, further delaying the start of his trial.

Christopher “Kai” Wu ’09 is next scheduled to appear in court on May 5.

Wu is charged with two counts of “assault and battery,” two counts of “assault and battery on a police officer,” and one count of “malicious destruction of property” for incidents that occurred during and after the Tri-House Winter Formal on Dec. 16, at the Faculty Club.

Wu was “visibly intoxicated,” according to a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) report of the incident.

An HUPD officer observed Wu yelling and throwing a snowball at another Harvard student. He had pushed the student earlier, according to an eyewitness.

When officers approached Wu for questioning, he refused to produce identification and attempted to walk away. When an officer tried to stop him from leaving, Wu struck his arm.

Wu was then informed that he was being placed under arrest. As he was being escorted to the police vehicle, he kicked an officer, causing a laceration in his leg.

Wu then kicked through a window of the police cruiser.

At the police station, he kicked a “Miranda Warning” poster off the wall.

HUPD confiscated a fake Michigan driver’s license.

During his last hearing at the Cambridge District Court, Wu was denied pre-trial probation.

Wu’s friends said that the incident did not reflect Wu’s normal behavior,

“We didn’t believe what happened the first time we heard it because Kai is such a very easy-going, fun person to be around,” Eli S. Kupperman ’09 said in December.

—Staff writer Nan Ni can be reached at nni@fas.harvard.edu.