US influencer charged with assault over Tube station incident
British Transport Police said the pair face assault and racially aggravated public order charges after a family was allegedly abused at a Tube station.
- On May 15, British Transport Police charged American influencer Melissa Rein Lively and German national Philipp Ostermann following an alleged assault at the Bond Street Underground station on October 11 last year.
- Allegations against the pair include racially abusing a family with two young children, grabbing a victim's hair, and discharging a small bottle of pepper spray at the station entrance.
- Lively, 40, a Donald Trump-linked influencer, founded the "anti-woke" agency America First Public Relations, while Ostermann serves as associate director for the Munich-based private equity firm Aequita.
- Westminster Magistrates will hold the first hearing on Tuesday May 19, where the pair face charges of assault by beating and racially aggravated public order offences.
- Detectives from the British Transport Police investigated the incident, which reportedly involved two victims; the pair reportedly left the country shortly after the event last year.
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Rein Lively, 40, is the founder of an “anti-woke” PR firm called America First PR, according to her Instagram page. An American influencer has been charged with assault after an alleged incident at a London Underground station, police have said. US national Melissa Rein Lively is charged with assault by beating while German national Philipp Ostermann, 37, is charged with two racially aggravated public order offences and a further public order of…
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