The biker whose collision with a Range Rover-driving Tribeca dad sparked a Manhattan highway chase and a beating caught on video pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies Wednesday.
Christopher Cruz, who played a minor role in the incident and was never accused of actually beating motorist Alexian Lien, pleaded guilty to assault and riot charges in exchange for four months behind bars and five years of probation.
Prosecutors said Cruz, 29, deliberately slowed his motorcycle to cause Lien to rear-end him during a massive Sept. 29, 2013, ride north on the West Side Highway.
Shortly after Cruz was struck, Lien ran over Edwin Mieses Jr., one of the bikers, but was never arrested after claiming he charged through the crowd because the riders were ganging up on him.
Lien was chased uptown to W. 178th St. and St. Nicholas Ave., where he was pulled out of the car and pummeled.
Charges are still pending against suspended undercover NYPD Det. Wojciech Braszczok, who was one of 11 riders charged. All but Cruz were charged with gang assault, which carries up to 25 years behind bars. Cruz faced up to seven years on felony assault.
Co-defendants Allen Edwards and Edwin Rodriguez pleaded guilty to second-degree assault earlier this month but got five years’ probation without jail time.
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