Son of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon admits to choking woman during sex as part of no-jail deal

Ana Maria Rus

The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon admitted in Manhattan court Tuesday that he choked a woman he was having sex with — as he copped a plea deal to dodge jail time. Abraham Chabon, a 23-year-old journalism student at NYU, pleaded guilty to criminal obstruction of breathing and harassment in the second degree in front of Judge Janice E. Chen at a brief appearance in criminal court. Chabon told the judge he obstructed the breathing of the woman by applying pressure to her