Founder of Sweet Frog Yogurt Chain Convicted of Domestic Battery

Nbcwashington · Sep 04, 2019 · 121 words · By Julie Carey

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What to know about Founder of Sweet Frog Yogurt Chain Convicted of Domestic Battery

The founder of the popular Sweet Frog yogurt chain has been convicted of domestic battery for an attack on his wife.

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What happened

The founder of the popular Sweet Frog yogurt chain has been convicted of domestic battery for an attack on his wife.

Why it matters

Derek Cha was found guilty by a Fairfax County jury last week.

Common ground

He had been arrested late last year by Fairfax County Police after his wife accused him of threatening to stab her with a kitchen knife and strangling her.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Cha was sentenced to 30 days in jail but had already served that time waiting for trial?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Cha was sentenced to 30 days in jail but had already served that time waiting for trial.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about a TV show called 'Derek', a South Korean actor, and 'Dancing with the Stars'. No evidence regarding the sentencing of Derek Cha is present in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cha Seung-won (Korean: 차승원; born June 7, 1970) is a South Korean actor, who began his career as an in-demand fashion model in the 1990s. Cha achieved stardom through the hit comedy films Kick the Moon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_Seung-won

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Season thirteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 19, 2011, on the ABC network. Actor J. R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff were crowned the champions, while Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burk…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Season sixteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 18, 2013, on the ABC network. Country music singer and American Idol finalist Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough were crowned the champions, whi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(Americ…

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Claim 2: “Cha opened the first Sweet Frog self-serve yogurt store in Richmond back in 2009”

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Both the Wikipedia entry for Derek Cha and the Wikipedia entry for Sweet Frog confirm that Derek Cha co-founded the first shop in Richmond, Virginia in 2009.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Derek Cha is a Korean American entrepreneur who co-founded the frozen yogurt chain Sweet Frog in 2009. In 2019, Cha was convicted of domestic battery against his wife, a co-founder of Sweet Frog.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Cha

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sweet Frog is a chain of frozen yogurt retail restaurants. Derek Cha and Annah Kim co-founded the first sweetFrog shop in Richmond, Virginia in 2009. The "FROG" part of the name, according to Cha, is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Frog

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Richmond, Virginia, United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Richmond,_Virginia

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Claim 3: “The founder of the popular Sweet Frog yogurt chain has been convicted of domestic battery for an attack on his wife.”

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Multiple independent sources, including a Wikipedia entry for Derek Cha and a news article titled 'Founder of Sweet Frog Yogurt Chain Convicted of Domestic Battery', confirm that Derek Cha was convicted of domestic battery against his wife.

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2019, Cha was convicted of domestic battery against his wife, a co-founder of Sweet Frog. ... In 2019, Cha was convicted of domestic battery against his wife.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Cha

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web search NEUTRAL — Sweet Frog is a chain of frozen yogurt retail restaurants. Derek Cha and Annah Kim co-founded the first sweetFrog shop in Richmond, Virginia in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Frog

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 4, 2019 ... The founder of the popular Sweet Frog yogurt chain has been convicted of domestic battery for an attack on his wife. Derek Cha was found ...
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/founder-of-sweet-fr…

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Claim 4: “He had been arrested late last year by Fairfax County Police after his wife accused him of threatening to stab her with a kitchen knife and strangling her.”

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The specific details regarding the arrest by Fairfax County Police and the accusations of stabbing and strangulation are mentioned in the news article 'Founder of Sweet Frog Yogurt Chain Convicted of Domestic Battery'. The provided Wikipedia results for this specific claim are irrelevant lists (documentaries, executions), leaving only one relevant source.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capit…
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Claim 5: “the chain grew to more than 180 stores before he sold it.”

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The web search result 'The sweetFrog Franchise Story' explicitly states that by April 2012, sweetFrog had 180 stores operating and that Boxwood Capital Partners bought into Derek Cha's interest.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barney & Friends is an American children's television series that originally ran on PBS Kids from April 6, 1992, to November 2, 2010.
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Claim 6: “Derek Cha was found guilty by a Fairfax County jury last week.”

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The news article 'Founder of Sweet Frog Yogurt Chain Convicted of Domestic Battery' explicitly states that Derek Cha was found guilty by a Fairfax County jury 'last week' (relative to the September 4, 2019 publication date).

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Claim 7: “The jury found him not guilty of three other charges, including strangulation and attempted malicious wounding.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about NBA jerseys and the Boston Celtics. No evidence regarding the jury's verdict on other charges is present in the provided text.

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web search NEUTRAL — Boston Celtics= Championships, nothing less. So I've got a collection of Jerseys over the years and I've noticed that on some of my Champion replica jerseys (the ones that have the NBA logo and the ch…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 7, 2026 · Considering that Brown and the Celtics won a title in 2024, Brown?s comments drew some criticism ? especially given Boston?s early exit and the optics of the Celtics playing most of the …
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web search NEUTRAL — The Boston Celtics have reduced their luxury tax penalty by nearly $222 million by trading Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday for Anfernee Simons and Georges Niang.
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