Sonic Automotive CEO David Smith arrested on assault charges

October 07, 2020 08:39 PM

Sonic Automotive Inc. CEO David Smith spent a night in the Mecklenburg County Jail in North Carolina after he was arrested on four charges Monday, including assault by strangulation, according to the jail.

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