"British Transport Police said a woman reported she was racially abused and had her hair grabbed as she entered the station with her sister and two young children at 19:30 BST on 11 October. US national Melissa Rein Lively, 40 - a "Maga" (make America great again) influencer - has been charged with assault by beating. Her partner, German national Philipp Ostermann, 37, has been charged with three public order offences, two of them racially aggravated."
"It was alleged that a man shouted racial abuse at the victim and a woman grabbed her hair. It was also reported that pepper spray may have been used. Rein Lively runs an "anti-woke" PR firm America First Public Relations, while Ostermann is the associate director of Aequita, a private equity firm based in Munich."
"The pair are due before Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 May. British Transport Police said a woman reported she was racially abused and had her hair grabbed as she entered the station with her sister and two young children at 19:30 BST on 11 October."
A US national and “MAGA” influencer, Melissa Rein Lively, was charged with assault by beating after a reported racist incident at Bond Street Underground station in central London. A woman reported that she was racially abused and that her hair was grabbed as she entered the station with her sister and two young children at 19:30 BST on 11 October. Her partner, Philipp Ostermann, was charged with three public order offences, including two racially aggravated offences. Allegations included racial abuse shouted at the victim and hair grabbing by a woman, with reports that pepper spray may have been used. The pair are due before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 19 May. Rein Lively runs an “anti-woke” PR firm, and Ostermann works in private equity in Munich.
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