When asked what happened after she "raised her hand" against Lewis, as Foo's attorney Richard A. Sprague said earlier this week, Foo said yesterday: "I just raised my voice initially."
Accompanied by other lawyers from Sprague's firm - and by her personal attorney and friend, David Silverstein - Foo was kept from making additional comments about the case.
Earlier, at the hearing before Municipal Court Judge Georganne V. Daher, Foo entered the ARD or Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, which allows nonviolent first-time offenders a way to avoid lengthy pretrial court appearances and possible trials.
Foo will be on non-reporting probation for six months, during which time she will have to serve 50 hours of community service. She will do that by teaching cooking lessons to the poor and homeless for Project HOME, a local service organization cofounded by Sister Mary Scullion.
"Sister Mary is very, very excited," Sprague told the judge at the hearing.
The judge, in turn, told Foo that after the six-month probation, "you will get your records expunged." The judge sat at a table with Foo, her defense attorneys and prosecutor Kalli Agelakis.
Charges of aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person were dismissed yesterday. The aggravated-assault charge was lodged because the alleged victim was a law enforcement official.
After the probation, if Foo stays out of trouble during the six months, prosecutors will also withdraw a simple-assault charge filed against Foo.
Richard DeSipio, one of Foo's defense lawyers, said after the hearing: "We're very happy with the result in recognition of her innocence."
Foo's lawyers have maintained that the restaurateur did not hit Lewis and is innocent of the charges that were filed against her.
Lewis, who did not appear at the court hearing yesterday, said by phone after a hearing Monday, when the ARD agreement was announced, that Foo did strike her with a closed fist after she ticketed a delivery truck parked outside Foo's restaurant at Walnut and Sydenham Streets.
Lewis' civil lawyer, John DeVirgilis, said he is considering filing a lawsuit against Foo on his client's behalf.
Contact staff writer Julie Shaw at 215-854-2917 or jshaw@phillynews.com.
