A US-based Maga influencer has been cautioned after admitting to assaulting a woman at Bond Street tube station in London. Melissa Rein Lively, 40, founder of the “anti-woke” America First Public Relations firm, accepted a conditional caution at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
The court heard that on 11 October last year, Rein Lively pulled a woman’s hair in a “forceful manner” during an altercation at the station. As part of the caution, she agreed to pay £910 in compensation to the victim, though the sum has not yet been paid and is due in July. A charge of assault by beating was withdrawn.
Prosecutor Lyndon Harris said the incident occurred as two sisters walked towards the station with their children, one in a pushchair. Rein Lively allegedly stumbled into the pushchair, and when the woman moved back, Rein Lively grabbed her hair. The victim pulled Rein Lively’s hair in return to make her let go.
Rein Lively was accompanied by Philipp Ostermann, 37, a German national, who pleaded not guilty to two racially aggravated public order offences and one further public order charge. Ostermann was released on unconditional bail and is due to face trial in November.
