The Man who was slammed to the ground by a Savannah waitress after he groped the young woman is in a relationship – and has two young daughters.
Ryan Cherwinski, 31, is the man who can be seen on video grabbing the rear of 21-year-old waitress Emelia Holden as he walked by her at Vinnie Van Go-Go’s in Savannah, Georgia.
He is from Palm Bay, Florida and the father of infants twins, who is in a long-term relationship with his daughters’ mother.
Cherwinski and Erica Martin have been together for 11 years, and she was with him at the restaurant when he groped their server and was arrested.
Charged: Ryan Cherwinski (above) is the man who can be seen on video grabbing the rear of 21-year-old waitress Emelia Holden
![Witness: Cherwinski and girlfriend Erica Martin (above) have been together for 11 years, and she was with him at the restaurant when he groped their server and was arrested](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/19/21/4E69510A00000578-5971979-image-a-1_1532032796741.jpg)
Witness: Cherwinski and girlfriend Erica Martin (above) have been together for 11 years, and she was with him at the restaurant when he groped their server and was arrested
Cherwinski is also now facing criminal charges after Holden responded to his grope by grabbing him by the arm, pulling him towards her and then slamming him to the ground.
One of the girl’s co-workers then called the Savannah Police Department who sent an officer to the restaurant.
After reviewing the surveillance footage taken inside the restaurant, police arrested him and handed him over to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office on June 30.
DailyMail.com reached out to the Savannah Police Department who confirmed that the video of the incident that has been circulating online is the same one that officers reviewed before arrested Cherwinski.
He then spent two nights in jail before being released July 2 on $2,500 bail.
Cherwinski has been charged with sexual battery.
In the footage, Holden is seen taking a table’s order and then walking over to an outdoor stock cart.
That is when Cherwinski can be seen walking behind the woman, reaching out and groping her rear.
He then continues on, as if nothing will happen, but is then grabbed by the young woman who pulls him back and slams him against a wall.
![Emelia Holden (above) is the waitress who threw Cherwinski to the ground](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/19/11/4E655BFA00000578-5970019-image-m-26_1531994906296.jpg)
Emelia Holden (above) is the waitress who threw Cherwinski to the ground
Holden puts Cherwinski in a head locks, shoves him into a wall and then pushes him to the ground.
A man seen in the foreground of the video can be seen oblivious to what is happening behind him until the cart hits his chair as Holden tosses Cherwinski.
At that point a man holding a drink casually makes his way over, seemingly bothered by what just happened at the restaurant.
This all happened just before 11pm and Cherwinski was booked early the next day.
Holden has decided to use her newfound fame for good, and raise some funds for cat shelters.
‘Recently a video of me went viral and I’ve been getting a lot of attention for it,’ wrote Holden on her Go Fund Me page.
‘I’d like to take this opportunity to give back to something that means a great deal to me, CATS!’
She had raised $500 of her $5,000 goal just three hours after launching the page.