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22-year-old Kwankam Eben Ebenki inappropriately touched Holly Starnes at her East Webster Street apartment on the afternoon of August 5th. Starnes told responding officers that she was carrying furniture into her unit when Ebenki asked her if she needed help. She further explained that once they were inside her apartment, she noticed he was not assisting. Starnes stated that while she breastfed her 2-month-old in the room, Natalie Marie Vail, a witness, was in the living room with Ebenki. Vail told the police that Ebenki kept wanting to watch Starnes breastfeed her baby. Ebenki also repeatedly made inappropriate comments that made Starnes uncomfortable. Then, Starnes said she came out of her bedroom and asked Ebenki to leave.
Ignoring this, Ebenki started groping her from the side of her body, putting his pelvis against her from behind. Ebenki then grabbed Starnes by the waist and thrusting against her. After this, Starnes yelled at Ebenki, prompting him to leave. However, he returned, knocking on her door and saying he had left his vape and water bottle. Starnes told officers she allowed him to grab his belongings and told him to leave immediately after. Starnes added that once Ebenki left, he started banging on her door again. Ebenki proceeded to sit in front of her apartment for 30 minutes doing this. When officers spoke with Vail, she corroborated Starnes’s statement. Ebenki was then taken into custody for sexual battery on August 5th.
Kwankam Eben Ebenki was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on August 5th, charged with sexual battery. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $5,000.
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