The 45-year-old male accused of slapping a New York University student's backside and knocking her to the sidewalk while she was on her way to class earlier this week is a repeat sex offender who was paroled in September.James Rizzo was arraigned late Wednesday night in Manhattan Criminal Court, WCBS-TV reported.'I let NYU security know to let students know that this man is going around doing this to other women.'Rizzo — a Level 2 sex offender with 16 prior arrests and a history of violence against women— was paroled in September after serving time for sex abuse, the station said, citing the New York State Department of Corrections.Police told WCBS that Rizzo kept on attacking women while he was out on parole.RELATED: Illegal immigrant repeat offender arrested for rape — just days after his early release from jail for indecent exposure The station said Rizzo appeared emotionless while pleading not guilty to three new assaults — all the victims women — at his arraignment. WCBS said the judge remanded Rizzo and that he is scheduled to appear in court again next week.The station said the most recent alleged attack occurred Monday in Greenwich Village; surveillance video shows NYU student Amelia Lewis walking to class when the suspect slaps her backside and shoves her to the ground.RELATED: Homelessness official melts down after board member objects to having 'repeat sex offender' who allegedly touched her inappropriately on their committee: 'This is about equity!' Lewis, 20, spoke about the incident on a Wednesday podcast, WCBS said."I wanted to report this, and after I did tell the cops I let NYU security know to let students know that this man is going around doing this to other women," Lewis said, according to the station. "They also told me they were already aware of the man in the blue towel around his neck running around the city."Officials told the New York Daily News that Rizzo's criminal history stretches back to the 1990s, when he stabbed a 74-year-old woman in the face during a burglary in Brooklyn.The Daily News said Rizzo cut through a screen window at a home on East 83rd Street on June 13, 1997, and punched and stabbed his victim in the head before ransacking the residence. The paper, citing police, said a neighbor found the bloodied victim lying on the floor.Cops arrested Rizzo and charged him with attempted murder, the Daily News said, adding that he ultimately pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to up to 54 months in prison.More recently investigators told WABC that Rizzo randomly punched a 59-year-old woman on Mercer Street in December 2023. That same month, Rizzo was arrested for forcible touching when police said he groped a 33-year-old woman on Greene Street in Greenwich Village and asked, "Oh, you want more," WABC-TV reported.On Thanksgiving Day last week, Rizzo allegedly attacked 68-year-old Dianne Brazell from Houston as she was walking in Midtown Manhattan, WABC said, slamming her into glass."I have a laceration in my forehead that required six stitches," Brazell said, according to WABC. "I have a bruise on my left leg from my knee to my ankle. I have a bruise on my left shoulder. I bit my tongue."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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In the 400-plus years since William Shakespeare’s death, multiple poets, playwrights and other creatives have indicated they are inspired by him.Those who use common terms such as skim milk, hot-blooded and night owl, whether or not they have written a play or poem, have been influenced by Shakespeare. But who inspired Shakespeare? Janel Miller takes a brief look at some of the individuals who inspired the man often regarded as one of the greatest in his craft. The Soest Portrait of Shakespeare, circa 1667. By Gerard Soest.Typically, the curriculum of Elizabethan English schools like the one Shakespeare attended included courses in Latin, Greek, the art of rhetoric and play production. This is likely how Shakespeare was introduced to the Roman poet Ovid, who lived and died around the start of the Common Era.Some of Ovid’s influence can be seen in his telling of the secret love of Pyramus and Thisbe that culminates in both committing suicide in his “Metamorphoses,” which was released in 8 A.D. Centuries later, a play within Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” retells the story of Ovid’s ill-fated lovers.In addition, Shakespeare’s  “Venus and Adonis,” which tells the story of the goddess of love’s pursuit of a male hunter, is also said to draw some of its themes from identically named characters in “Metamorphoses.”Shakespeare was also likely influenced by “The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland,” Raphael Holinshed’s 1577 work on the history of those countries.In Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” illustrations of Holinshed’s inspiration include some of the details surrounding Henry's wounds, the command to transport a corpse to Whitefriars and a bleak prediction regarding Rougemont.Still another Shakespeare influence was likely Edward Hall’s 1548 work titled “The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families.”Cases of this point can be seen in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” where a few features of the Holland plot, the situation surrounding Talbot and Chastillon’s demises and the battle at Wakefield. Other Shakespeare works featuring Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI also use details from Hall’s work.Comparisons can also be drawn between “Richard II” and Hall’s work, such as “when Hereford broke his mind to Norfolk, more for dolour and lamentaction” and Worchester’s reminder of the pledge Henry made at Doncaster.In ContextThe phrase “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” may come to mind as this essay is read (it certainly was as it was written). Shakespeare is by no means the only creative inspired by other creatives.Examples of this can be found in various modern-day versions of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 19th-century creation named Sherlock Holmes – one of the most depicted characters of all time.For example, one of the characteristics of Mark Gatiss and Stephen Moffatt’s take on the detective in the television series “Sherlock” had the title character set in the present day and trying to quit smoking cigarettes instead of pipe tobacco.In addition, Rob Doherty, when creating the television show “Elementary,” also chose to set the show in the present day and make Holmes’ sidekick Dr. Watson a woman, instead of a man.While imitation from those regarded as the best may be acceptable, it can be beneficial to add personal touches.   Did you find that piece interesting? If so, join us for free by clicking here.  ReferencesBritanica.com Editors. 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