Kiip Co-Founder Brian Wong Pleads Guilty to Indecent Assault (3)

One-time startup leader Brian Wong pleaded guilty to criminal charges that he assaulted a woman during the 2016 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

With a jury trial looming in September, state prosecutors reduced the offense to indecent assault from attempted sexual assault, making it a misdemeanor instead of a felony charge, and Wong changed his plea to guilty from not guilty, according to records in Austin district court.

“The felony sexual assault case against Mr. Wong has been dismissed,” his lawyer, Sam Bassett, said in a statement. “Mr. Wong agreed to a deferred misdemeanor agreement which will ultimately result ...