US EditionFlorida Rep. Maxwell Frost assaulted at Sundance Film Festival event, police say
Christian Joel Young, 28, faces assault and aggravated burglary charges with possible hate crime enhancements after punching Rep. Maxwell Frost at a Sundance Film Festival party.
- On Friday night, Florida Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost said he was punched at a private Creative Artists Agency party at High West Saloon in Park City, adding, `He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay.`
- Park City police say Christian Joel Young, 28, was denied entry and hopped a security fence to enter the invitation-only CAA party.
- Witnesses said the suspect shouted racial remarks, declared pride in being white, assaulted Frost and a woman by pushing her and punching a non-white guest.
- Young was arrested and booked into Summit County Jail on aggravated burglary, assaulting an elected official and assault charges; prosecutors are screening for hate-crime enhancements and Capitol Police have joined the investigation.
- Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote `The perpetrator must be aggressively prosecuted`, while Sundance Film Festival condemned the assault during its final Park City edition.
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A man was arrested on Saturday evening (23) during a parallel party at the Sundance Festival in Park City in the United States, promoted by the CAA talent agency, after he was supposed to add US MP Maxwell Alejandro Frost. The incident took place at the bar High West Saloon, one of the events. Family crisis: David and Victoria Beckham appeared for the first time after the accused son of Lagrimas, physiotherapy and pain: understand the drama of G…
Florida congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost posted about a man attacking him at a party during the Sundance Film Festival, telling him that Donald Trump would deport him. “Last night at the Sundance Film Festival, a man attacked me, said Trump would deport me, then punched me in the face. He ran away drunk, yelling racist comments. The person was arrested, I’m fine,” Frost wrote in a post on X on Saturday. As the Guardian reports, the 29-year-ol…
Florida congressman says he was assaulted in Park City during Sundance
A congressman from Florida was assaulted at an event in Park City early on Saturday, the Park City Police Department said. The agency did not provide details about any injuries to Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democrat who represents a district in the Orlando area. According to the police, officers responded to an assault report at High West Saloon at a little bit after midnight. The police determined a man “unlawfully entered a private party …
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