An American MAGA influencer confessed to assaulting a woman at a Tube station following an altercation over a pushchair, according to prosecutors.
Melissa Rein Lively, aged 40, allegedly forcefully pulled the woman’s hair at Bond Street Underground station last October after her boyfriend accidentally bumped into a pushchair carrying a child.
During a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Lively agreed to a conditional caution, leading to the withdrawal of the assault by beating charge against her.
Her partner, Philipp Ostermann, who was present at the scene, denied two racially aggravated public order offenses and an additional public order offense. He was granted conditional bail.
Prosecutor Lyndon Harris informed the court that Lively had accepted a conditional caution in response to the allegations against her. As part of the agreement, she admitted to the conduct, acknowledged it as an offense, and agreed to pay £910 in compensation.
