A wild boat party turned into a fight for survival when90 Day Fiancéstar Caroline Schwitzky was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend in Lake Boca Raton.
Cole Goldberg is now facing an attempted murder trial after witnesses described a terrifying 20-minute struggle where he reportedly held the reality star underwater. The harrowing incident at the 2022 Boca Bash only ended when bystanders dived into the water to save her from his 'stranglehold'.
Cole Goldberg, the man accused of attempting to drown90 Day Fiancéstar Caroline Schwitzky, claims he only grabbed her to stop himself from sinking, but he faces a potential 20-year prison stint if the court decides his motives were more sinister.
Goldberg is facing attempted murder and domestic battery charges for allegedly pinning his former girlfriend beneath the water at the 2022 Boca Bash, an attack that witnesses on nearby boats claim saw him gripping her neck in a total rage until a stranger managed to pull her to safety.
Legal teams for Goldberg argue that the witnesses were simply wrong, claiming their accounts were clouded by alcohol, yet were treated as fact by inexperienced officers with no background in domestic abuse cases. Rather than accepting a plea bargain that involved half a year in jail and a written apology, the defendant chose to let Judge John Parnofiello decide his fate in a bench trial.
The trial kicked off on 9 March and is set to feature testimony from both Goldberg and Schwitzky, the 36-year-old Miami model and talent agent who appeared on the 2016 season of90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
While there is no jury to sway, hundreds are watching the case unfold online as legal teams present two completely different versions of the events on 24 April 2022, involving Goldberg, who was a law student himself before his arrest.
Assistant State Attorney Victoria Suarez stated that Goldberg and Schwitzky had been drinking with a group of friends throughout Boca Bash, the annual unofficial boat party on Lake Boca Raton. As the day wore on, the couple started arguing until Schwitzky finally told Goldberg that their relationship was finished and leapt into the water.
Goldberg leapt in after her, and when he caught up to her by a nearby boat—where she was clinging to a pool noodle held out by a man named Matt Paris—he seized her neck with both hands and pinned her beneath the surface.
Cole Goldberg trial Day 1 has concluded. Four witnesses who were on the boat Caroline Schwitzky swam to testified.Here's the probable cause affidavit.pic.twitter.com/XR6HM4ftOt
Source: International Business Times UK
