American influencer and 'anti-woke' PR firm founder Melissa Rein Lively has admitted to assaulting a woman outside a London Underground station during an incident that also involved alleged racist abuse.
The incident occurred outside Bond Street Underground station on October 11 last year, when Lively, 40, was with her boyfriend, German businessman Philipp Ostermann, 37.
Lively stumbled into a pushchair, prompting an exchange with two sisters, Sabba Javed and Mariam, who were walking towards the station with family members and children.
Prosecutors told Westminster Magistrates' Court that Ostermann allegedly shouted racist abuse at the sisters, who responded by telling him to stop being racist.
Lively then grabbed one of the sisters by the hair and tugged it forcefully, prompting the sister to grab Lively's hair back in an attempt to free herself.
Lively has accepted a conditional caution and agreed to pay £910 in compensation, while her boyfriend Ostermann has pleaded not guilty to two counts of racially aggravated harassment and one count of threatening or abusive behavior.
