Assault and Battery of Dr. Amy Eisenberg

On April 27, 2011, Dr. Amy Eisenberg was attacked on the college campus in Kolonia, Pohnpei, Micronesia. Unfortunately she sustained nerve damage in her right arm as a result of this attack. A charge of assault and battery was lodged and an arrest was made. The evidence was deemed strong enough to warrant a trial. Prior to the trial Dr. Eisenberg was false arrested with the intent to get her to drop her charges. The arresting detective knew what to say and stated with conviction, that if Dr. Eisenberg dropped her charges, the charges would be dropped. What the charges were that were filed against Dr. Eisenberg was never made clear, nor would the detective, Retly Olter, friend of the attorney of the accused, give her name. It was later that another police officer identified Retly Olter as the arresting officer. I was witness to the statements by Retly Olter. Dr. Eisenberg would not drop her charges and the district attorney stated that there was no substantive charge against Amy and no charges would be filed by his office.

This gross misuse of a public office is being investigated by Mr. Lino Amor the Pohnpei Police Commissioner. Mr. Lucas Carlos, the Director of Public safety, when informed of the false arrest made it clear that this information should be made known so that the police department would be as transparent as possible.

The attacker, Totoa (Toa) Currie, a Samoan and at the time a College of Micronesia employee but since terminated, gave conflicting reports. The district attorney Jack Harris, reviewed the statements by Mrs. Currie on her admitted assault of Dr. Eisenberg and stated that the various statements by Mrs. Currie were inconsistent. There was a report from the arrest of Mrs. Currie, a College of Micronesia report and statements in court morphed to a point where Mrs. Currie stated in court, that Dr. Eisenberg had struck her with the car door that Dr. Eisenberg had flung open. Witnesses never stated that Dr. Eisenberg flung a car door open nor was this ever stated in previous testimony. If Dr. Eisenberg had flung and door open, and Mrs. Currie had blocked it with both of her arms, as she stated in court, the big question is, how did she at the same time gently touch Dr. Eisenberg's arm to get her attention when Dr. Eisenberg was on the opposite side of the door?

The statement by the examining doctor, Dr. Joel of the Pohnpei State Hospital, was that the grasp around Dr. Eisenberg's right forearm had to be significant in order for the nerve damage, which she sustained, to have occurred. It could not have been a light touch or even a moderate grasp but an extreme force as documented by the doctor's examination and photographs showing the large bruised area that resulted from this trauma.

The above manifested after Dr. Eisenberg briskly walked up to VP Jim Currie's college vehicle to ask him a question related to work. This was on college time and was appropriate for the time. As Dr. Eisenberg put her hand on the door handle to ask VP Currie a question, as the window was rolled up and it was the only way she could communicate at the time with him, VP Currie's wife approached from the front of the vehicle where she had been standing and grabbed Dr. Eisenberg's right forearm applying considerable force with a resulting neuropraxia. Dr. Eisenberg did not respond in kind nor did she present any defensive action as she was extremely surprised and shocked by the aggressive maneuver. After one year, Dr. Eisenberg continues to suffer from the attack.

May, 2011, Dr. Eisenberg has been diagnosed with nerve damage to her right arm by Dr. Joel and this was further confirmed by Dr. Gibeault, Dr. Tick and Dr. Liu in the US. Dr. Eisenberg is currently undergoing treatment by Dr. Tick and Dr. Liu of Tucson, AZ. Dr. Gibeault, a hand surgeon, has recommended three surgeries and stated that the damage was caused by the assault, due to the nature of the injuries. It is disgusting that Totoa Currie, wife of Jim Currie, who is a vice president at the College of Micronesia, inflicted this damage because her flagrant assault against Dr. Eisenberg. Injuries sustained are to the radial and ulnar nerve and triangular fibro cartilage complex (TFCC).