phone in palm pilot, and i wonder if i should've just left us left behind and left at that moment. >> reporter: little did beth know that tom toolan had apparently been aggressive with at least one other woman. >> i thought, wow, flowers, how nice. this is such a gentleman. >> reporter: becky hammond, sorkin as a bartender, dated tom toolan once. >> we had plans at newark athletic club, and i thought that was nice. it >> reporter: didn't turn out that way. dinner was pleasant, then came drinks. >> that's when he accused me of being lascivious with a bartender, because i was just having conversation. >> reporter: they got into a cab to go home and becky says toolan tried to grab her. she didn't wait around. >> i jumped out and ran. i ran across the street. >> reporter: and now, four years later, elizabeth "beth" lochtefeld was in a frightening situation with the same man. but that night, instead of grabbing her stuff from toolan