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Rosie Shead

‘Anti-woke’ MAGA influencer and partner charged with assault over Bond Street Station incident

Melissa Rein Lively, right, and Philipp Ostermann, left, were both charged after the alleged incident last year - (British Transport Police/PA)

An American influencer has been charged with assault after an alleged incident at a London Underground station, police have said.

US national Melissa Rein Lively, 40, was charged with assault by beating.

German national Philipp Ostermann, 37, was charged with two racially aggravated public order offences and a further public order offence.

Both were charged after an incident at Bond Street Underground station on the evening of October 11 last year, British Transport Police said on Friday.

Rein Lively is the founder of an “anti-woke” 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.

The first hearing for the case will be at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday May 19, police said.

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