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Thomas Proesel

Aspen Chairlift Pusher Unconditionally Released From Custody of State Psychiatric Hospital

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 paranoia and delusions that people are trying to hurt him, and he was committed after being found not […]

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SnowBrains | June 22, 2021
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The Aspen Chairlift Pusher Is Seeking To Be Released From Mental Hospital

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Thomas Proesel, infamously known as the Aspen Chairlift Pusher, is legally seeking his release from a mental health institute in Pueblo, Colorado. According to The Aspen Times, Proesel filed a petition in February asking District Judge Chris Seldin to appoint him a public defender, to schedule an independent psychiatric evaluation, and a release hearing before of a jury of 6 […]

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Greg Obernesser | May 3, 2018
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