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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Mimi Heimbrod

American Influencer Who Aspired to Be Trump's Press Secretary Charged With Assault by Beating Following Pepper Spray Attack

Melissa Rein Lively (Credit: Melissa Rein Lively/YouTube)

An American influencer, who previously went viral following her statement about Donald Trump, is once again making headlines for allegedly attacking a family at a London Underground station.

Melissa Rein Lively, 40, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 May. Her partner, Philipp Ostermann, 37, has been charged with three public order offences, two of them racially aggravated. He is also set to appear in court on 19 May. The charges have not yet been contested in court.

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