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The Aspen Chairlift Thrower to be Released from Psychiatric Hospital

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Back in 2016, Thomas Proesel was charged with throwing a snowboarder 25-feet off a chairlift at Aspen Highlands, CO. Proesel pleaded insanity so that he wasn’t charged as guilty, and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Proesel suffers from severe symptoms of paranoia and delusions that people are trying to hurt him, and he was committed after […]

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SnowBrains | October 14, 2019
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Skier Who Pushed Snowboarder Off Chairlift in Aspen To Plead Not Guilty By Insanity

On January 17th, Thomas Proesel, 31,  pushed snowboarder Seth Beckton off the Loge Peak Lift at Aspen Highlands, Colorado after a comment that Beckton made about skiing vs. snowboarding.  Seth fell about 25-feet. Proesel is now pleading insanity so that he will not be charged as guilty.   Seth:   “to get tits deep pow shots you just need to […]

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Keenan Grady | March 29, 2016
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