Court sets aside guilty plea for Philly restaurateur in 2011 assault case
Harry Hayman's two misdemeanor charges have been set aside.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published Feb. 20, 2011. It was updated to reflect the result of court proceedings against Harry Hayman on Nov. 26, 2025, and again on Dec. 19, 2025.
An Arizona court has set aside a guilty plea from Philadelphia restaurateur and entrepreneur Harry G. Hayman IV on two misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and aggravated assault in April 2012 in Arizona’s Maricopa County Superior Court.
Hayman’s guilty plea came after his 2011 arrest by Philadelphia Police and U.S. Marshals after he was accused of sexually abusing employees at bars he owned in Arizona. Some of the charges he was accused of, including sexual abuse, indecent exposure and public sexual indecency, were dismissed due to his guilty plea.
According to Maricopa County court documents, Hayman was sentenced to two years of probation. He was also ordered not to have any contact with the victims and required to participate in substance abuse treatment and “abstain from all mood-altering substances.”
In November 2016, the court granted Hayman’s motion for reconsideration and agreed to set aside the judgment of guilt and dismiss the accusations against him. It also released Hayman from “all applicable penalties and disabilities resulting from the conviction.”
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