Costumed Spider-Man on trial in Times Square spat

Published June 17, 2014 5:52pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — The episode isn’t among Spider-Man’s biggest hits: the superhero versus the snow-wielding mom.

One of the costumed characters who roam New York’s Times Square went on trial Tuesday. Philip Williams is accused of hitting a passer-by who didn’t tip him for posing for a photo with her children in February 2013.

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