A Times Square waitress is taking her case to civil court after a Wall Street honcho allegedly spied on her in a women’s bathroom and got off with a slap on the wrist from prosecutors.
“He just got away,” longtime O’Lunney’s server Anastasia Yarko told The Post.
“Women should feel comfortable when they go into work. People like that should be exposed for what they are,” the 29-year-old Queens resident said.
Yarko is suing William Scholander, 36, chief of a downtown investment firm called Cambridge Alliance Capital, over the May 2011 encounter.
According to her Manhattan Supreme Court suit, “on Oct., 12, 2012 Scholander pled guilty in exchange for community service and enrollment in a program that treats sex offenders.”
Yarko’s attorney, Niall MacGiollabhui said Scholander pleaded to a harassment charge.
The record is sealed and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office declined to comment.
But MacGiollabhui has security footage of Scholander entering the ladies’ restroom at the W. 45th Street bar around 1:40 am on May 20, 2011.
An hour later, after multiple women are seen entering and exiting the basement level area, Yarko goes into the bathroom at the end of her shift.
“Unbeknownst to her, Scholander was already in the women’s bathroom, alone, lurking inside one of the stalls with a camera phone, waiting for an unsuspecting victim to fall prey to his sexual perversions,” the suit says.
Once inside the stall, Yarko looked down and noticed a male hand holding the cell phone, she says in the suit. She escaped and alerted coworkers.
Scholander, a Financial District resident, allegedly gave a fake name and fled before police arrived, but he was quickly apprehended, according to court papers.
Yarko says the incident is seared into her memory despite seeing a court-provided counselor for her trauma.
“That happened over two years ago, but anytime I go to the public restroom I still remember it like it was yesterday.
“Even though he pled guilty nothing happened and nobody heard about it. He may be doing it right now on some unsuspecting woman,” she said.
Her attorney called Scholander “a really bad egg,” citing an August 2013 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority report that had found Scholander was a “brazen” liar who had engaged in “egregious” securities fraud.
Yarko is suing him for unspecified damages.
Scholander did not return multiple messages for comment.