Dem hopefuls wild Hawaii beach saga takes darker turn as alleged assault history emerges
A Democrat congressional candidate who was knocked out and arrested in Hawaii last week has at least three active criminal cases against him, The California Post can reveal.Kirill Basin allegedly attacked a registered nurse and another man on the same day, as well as a separate incident where he is accused of harassing a psychiatrist, court records show.Basin was caught on video being flattened by Kama Homan on the sand in Maui after blasting music and allegedly threatening to shoot a 61-year-old man’s wife when he complained.Footage showed the budding politician being dropped before Homan quickly tried to rouse him, then continued to berate him when he woke up.Court records show the 40-year-old was under investigation for allegedly assaulting registered nurse Fred Saranillio at Maui Memorial Medical Center on June 10.That same day he is also said to have harassed another man named Messiah Manalili, though it is unclear where and when exactly this took place.A day earlier he is also claimed to have harassed Dr.
James McKinnon, a registered psychiatrist on the island.Basin pleaded not guilty to the felony assault count and two misdemeanor counts of harassment.The case was initially dismissed without prejudice before prosecutors brought the charges again on June 15.A bench warrant had been issued in the case Wednesday, but Basin is still in jail as of Thursday.
He’s also been named as a respondent in seven temporary restraining order cases, court records revealed.The cases were all filed from May 29 to June 3.Basin gained infamy last week when The Post published footage of him being knocked out by Homan in Maui.He had been allegedly provoking beachgoers, blasting music and threatening people.
Homan claimed he had been threatened with a knife.Cops arrested Basin for two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening stemming from the fight, and he remained in jail on $1 million bail.The viral arrest has likely tanked his already unlikely election challenge again...