{"id":336085,"date":"2026-05-17T09:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=336085"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:33:55","slug":"maga-influencer-charged-for-alleged-role-in-2025-racist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/maga-influencer-charged-for-alleged-role-in-2025-racist-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Influencer Charged for Alleged Role in 2025 Racist Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>MAGA influencer<\/strong> and staunch supporter of President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> <strong>Melissa Rein Full of life<\/strong> has been charged for her alleged role in an attack authorities say was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/uk\/crime\/bond-street-melissa-rein-lively-philipp-ostermann-b2977492.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racially motivated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorized British Transport Police (BTP) detectives to charge two people in relation to an incident at Bond Street Underground station last 12 months,\u201d BTP authorities revealed in a Friday, May 15, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btp.police.uk\/news\/btp\/news\/in-the-courts\/two-charged-in-connection-with-bond-street-underground-incident---london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Philipp Ostermann<\/strong>, aged 37, and a German national, has been charged with two Racially Aggravated Public Order offenses and an extra Public Order offense,\u201d the press release continued. \u201c<strong>Melissa Rein Full of life,<\/strong> aged 40, and a U.S. national, has been charged with one count of Assault by Beating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with authorities, the pair\u2019s first hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19, on the Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court. All charges are in connection to an allegedly racially-motivated attack that occurred on October 11, 2025, on the Bond Street Underground station in London, England.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Karoline Leavitt Says No person Has Faced \u2018More Violence\u2019 Than Donald Trump<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKaroline Leavitt claimed that nobody has endured \u201cmore violence\u201d than President Donald Trump following the recent shooting on the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner. \u201cSaturday was speculated to be a joyful evening, celebrating free speech and the primary amendment with all of you members of the press,\u201d the White House press secretary, 28, said in [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In accordance with a Friday report from the BBC, an unidentified woman reported to BTP authorities that she was \u201cracially abused\u201d by a lady and her boyfriend as she entered the station together with her sister and two young children. In accordance with the girl, the person allegedly shouted racist terms at the girl while Full of life pulled her hair.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4335563\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4335563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=100&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=200&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=300&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=400&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=500&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=600&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=700&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=800&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=900&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=1200&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=1400&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=1600&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=1800&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2245407957magainfluencerchargedwithracistattack.jpg?w=1920&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Melissa Rein Full of life<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe person then began shouting racial abuse on the victim and her family, before the girl grabbed her hair,\u201d police claim, per <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/15\/us-news\/maga-influencer-her-banker-boyfriend-charged-with-racist-assault-in-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Latest York Post<\/em><\/a>. Pepper spray was also reportedly used through the alleged incident and within the presence of youngsters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the victim tried to defend herself, the person pulled out a small bottle and said it was pepper spray before spraying it within the direction of the victim and her family,\u201d police also claimed, per <em>The Latest York Post<\/em>. \u201cThe lady shouted abuse and made lewd gestures at them before each parties left the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Your complete alleged incident is reportedly the results of the unidentified woman\u2019s stroller colliding with Ostermann, a German financier, and Full of life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Full of life, a PR executive, founder and CEO of the so-called \u201canti-woke\u201d PR firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americafirstpublicrelations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America First Public Relations,<\/a> has not publicly addressed the costs or allegations on the time of publication.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=200%2C113&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=300%2C169&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=600%2C338&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=800%2C450&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=900%2C506&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=1000%2C563&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=1200%2C675&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=1600%2C900&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=1800%2C1012&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=1920%2C1080&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C3000px%2C1696px&#038;resize=2400%2C1350&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"GettyImages-2272609576-Leavitt.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Karoline Leavitt Breaks Silence on WHCD Shooting After Promising &#8216;Shots Fired&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt broke her silence on the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner shooting after declaring there can be \u201cshots fired\u201d on the event. Leavitt, 28, took to Instagram on Sunday, April 26, to reflect on the shooting that saw her, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and other administration officials evacuated [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to her for comment. On the time of publication it&#8217;s unclear if either party has secured legal representation to talk for them on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>On TikTok, Full of life describes herself because the \u201cfounding father of America\u2019s #1 anti-woke PR firm.\u201d In accordance with each the <em>Economic Times<\/em> and <em>Politico<\/em>, Full of life has even launched a giant to change into the subsequent White House Press Secretary \u2014 a task currently held by <strong>Karoline Leavitt,<\/strong> who&#8217;s on maternity leave after welcoming her second baby, a woman, together with her husband, <strong>Nicholas Riccio<\/strong>, who&#8217;s 32-years her senior.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAGA influencer and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump Melissa Rein Full of life has been charged for her alleged role in an attack authorities say was racially motivated. \u201cThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorized British Transport Police (BTP) detectives to charge two people in relation to an incident at Bond Street Underground station [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[1954,6727,5719,4001,20551,14261,740],"class_list":["post-336085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alleged","tag-attack","tag-charged","tag-influencer","tag-maga","tag-racist","tag-role"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336088,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336085\/revisions\/336088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}