7 Years Without Peroll

That sentence, the maximum allowable by law, was handed down to Young Lee, a Korean-American

businessman convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, for the brutal tire-iron beating

of a homeless man in June 2011.

According to LAPD reports, Lee was angered after the transient showed his fiancé a sexually

explicit tattoo, so he chased the victim down, ordered him to kneel and apologize, then

proceeded to beat him mercilessly anyway.

About a half decade prior to this savage crime, Lee and partner Shelley Hwang opened a frozen

yogurt shop on a trendy block in West Hollywood.

The concept, cribbed from South Korean chain Red Mango, was a stripped down menu of just

two flavors in a topping selection dominated by fresh fruit.

As a single location, it became a phenomenon, an expanded nationwide and internationally

within its first five years of operation.

Its imprint on LA food culture was apparent in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where

Larry is tasked with retrieving the chain's yogurt as a dog's last meal.

A minor scandal relative to its now departed co-founders' indefensible assault, the chain

faced charges in 2008 that it didn't technically offer real yogurt, and was forced to alter

its recipe to receive the National Yogurt Association's Live and Active Culture Seal.

Now with 260 locations in 20 countries, does this modern re-inventor of Froyo remain

a must-go, or has it become a new no-no this week on Doe Boys?

Pinkberry.

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