The influence of MAGA and a staunch supporter of the President Donald Trump Melissa Rein Lively He was charged for his alleged role in an attack that authorities say was racist.
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorized British Transport Police (BTP) detectives to charge two people over an incident at Bond Street Underground station last year,” said BTP authorities in a Friday, May 15, press release.
“Philipp Ostermann37 years old, and a German national, has been charged with two counts of Racially Aggravated Public Order and another count of Public Order,” continued the press release.Melissa Rein Lively, 40 years old, and American, was charged with Assault.”
According to authorities, the two's first hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19, at Westminster Magistrates' Court. All charges relate to an alleged racist attack that occurred on October 11, 2025, at Bond Street Underground station in London, England.
According to a BBC report on Friday, an unidentified woman reported to BTP authorities that she was “racially abused” by a woman and her boyfriend when she entered the station with her sister and two young children. According to the woman, the man allegedly yelled racist words at the woman while Lively was pulling her hair.
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Getty Images“The man then started shouting at the victim and his family, before the woman grabbed him by the hair,” said the police. The New York Post. It is reported that pepper spray was used during the incident and in front of the children.
“When the victim tried to defend himself, the man took out a small bottle and said it was pepper spray before spraying it in the direction of the victim and his family,” said the police. The New York Post. “The woman yelled profanities and made obscene gestures before the two left the area.”
It is reported that the whole incident was caused by an unknown woman's car that collided with Ostermann, who is a German financier, and Lively.
Lively, a PR executive, founder and CEO of the so-called “anti-woke” PR firm America First Public Relations, did not publicly address the lawsuits or allegations at press time.
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Us Weekly has reached out to him for comment. At the time of going to press it was not clear whether either party had received legal representation to speak for them.
On TikTok, Lively describes herself as “the founder of America's #1 anti-insurgency PR firm.” According to both Economic Times again PoliticsLively has even made a major bid to become the next White House Press Secretary – a role she now holds Caroline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave after welcoming her second child, a girl, with her husband, Nicholas Riccio32 years older than him.
