{"id":2425,"date":"2026-05-17T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/maga-influencer-and-boyfriend-charged-after-racially-aggravated-assault-at-london-underground-station\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:16:09","slug":"maga-influencer-and-boyfriend-charged-after-racially-aggravated-assault-at-london-underground-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/maga-influencer-and-boyfriend-charged-after-racially-aggravated-assault-at-london-underground-station\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA influencer and boyfriend charged after &#8216;racially aggravated assault&#8217; at London Underground station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_184259\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">MAGA influencer Melissa Rein Lively and her boyfriend, German national Philipp Ostermann, have been charged following an alleged incident at a London Underground station<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37166785\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Melissa Rein Lively, 40, poses at a hotel in Palm Beach, Florida\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_US-POLITICS-WOMEN-SOCIETY.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Melissa Rein Lively has been charged in relation to the 'racially aggravated assault'\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Melissa Rein Lively has been charged in relation to the &#8216;racially aggravated assault&#8217;<cite aria-label=\"Image: AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An American MAGA influencer has been charged with assault following an alleged incident at a London Underground station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">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 offence, after an incident at Bond Street Underground station on the evening of October 11 last year, British Transport Police (BTP) said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rein Lively, 40, is the founder of an \u201canti-woke\u201d PR firm called America First PR, according to her Instagram page. <!-- -->According to a court list, the charges against the pair relate to two alleged victims.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37166783\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37166783\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.49\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2025-11-12-at-150653.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The pair were caught on camera outside the tube station\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The pair were caught on camera outside the tube station<cite aria-label=\"Image: British Transport Police\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: British Transport Police)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The first hearing for the case will be at Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday May 19, police said. <!-- -->Police said the charges relate to an incident in 2025 when a woman was sprayed with suspected pepper spray. She was also allegedly racially abused and assaulted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The woman, 34, had entered Bond Street Underground station with her sister and two children during the evening of October 11, the Mail reported. A BTP spokesperson confirmed previously that a probe was launched after the attack which took place after the women bumped into a couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The woman is said to have been with her sister and two young children, with one in a pushchair. <!-- -->A BTP spokesperson said then: \u201cThe man then began shouting racial abuse at the victim and her family, before the woman grabbed her hair.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37166784\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37166784\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Melissa Rein Lively poses with boyfriend Philip Ostermann at sunset\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Philip-Ostermann-and-Melissa-Rein-Lively.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Rein Lively and Ostermann are due to appear in court next week\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Rein Lively and Ostermann are due to appear in court next week<cite aria-label=\"Image: Facebook\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Facebook)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWhen the victim tried to defend herself, the man pulled out a small bottle and said it was pepper spray before spraying it in the direction of the victim and her family. <!-- -->The woman shouted abuse and made lewd gestures at them before both parties left the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rein Lively previously applied for the White House press secretary position during Trump&#8217;s second term before being pipped to the post by Karoline Leavitt. <!-- -->She previously told Politico: &#8220;I\u2019m a hair away from the White House. I do think I\u2019m going to get it. My sphere of influence goes far beyond people who are paper pushers on the Trump campaign. I work with billionaires. My clients are \u2013 I can\u2019t even name who I work with. They own half of Palm Beach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arizona-based Rein Lively has spoken publicly of her support for Trump, saying she was showing her support with &#8220;her face&#8221; by adoptin gthe &#8220;MAGA look&#8221; of blonde hair, veneers and Botox. In 2020 she filemed herself destroying face masks in a shop during the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ostermann, her boyfriend, is associate director of Aequita, a Munic-based private equity firm with offices in South Carolina and Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/melissa-rein-lively-philip-ostermann-37166774\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAGA influencer Melissa Rein Lively and her boyfriend, German national Philipp Ostermann, have been charged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779012970_0_US-POLITICS-WOMEN-SOCIETY.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}