Home Health Aide Charged With Assaulting Architect I.M. Pei, 98

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A home health aide to 98-year-old renowned architect I.M. Pei has been charged with assaulting him inside his New York City home.

Pei told police that 28-year-old Eter Nikolaishvili grabbed his right forearm and forcefully twisted it Dec. 13. Pei's arm was bruised and bleeding after the attack, authorities said.

Police investigated for two weeks before arresting Nikolaishvili on Tuesday. The aide was arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on a charge of felony assault. She was released without bail.

Nikolaishvili's attorney hasn't returned a phone call seeking comment.

Pei's designs include the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts and the glass and steel pyramid at the Louvre in Paris.

In 1983, Pei was awarded the Pritzker Prize, known as the "Nobel Prize of architecture."

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