A glamorous Trump supporter who founded the world's first 'anti-woke' PR agency has claimed she was deliberately targeted by British Transport Police for her ties to Donald Trump after she admitted assaulting a woman at a London tube station.
Melissa Rein Lively, 40, pulled a woman's hair 'in a forceful manner' at Bond Street Underground station last October after allegedly stumbling into a pushchair carrying a child. She accepted a conditional caution and the assault by beating charge against her was withdrawn at Westminster Magistrates' Court. She also agreed to pay the victim £910 in compensation.
“Melissa Rein Lively, who admitted assaulting a woman at Bond Street station, claims British Transport Police targeted her for her friendship with Donald Trump.”
Her partner, Philipp Ostermann, allegedly racially abused two sisters at the station, saying: 'You bloody Indians, watch where you're going, you shouldn't be here,' after the attack. Prosecutors said the sisters noticed the pair appeared to be kissing and may have been intoxicated. One sister pushed back after Lively stumbled into the pushchair.
Lively told the Mail on Sunday the incident has 'destroyed her reputation'. She said: 'I'm the founder and CEO of three PR companies that I built entirely from the ground up over the course of more than two decades. I am in a business where reputation is everything.' She added: 'I want the truth to come out because this has been devastating for me, my family and my businesses.'
The influencer, who was on the shortlist to become Trump's official press spokeswoman before the job went to Karoline Leavitt, claims police pressured her because of her public support for the MAGA agenda. 'I feel like there was pressure (within the police) to turn this into a symbolic or politically-charged case,' she said. 'In Britain now there is two-tier policing, two-tier justice. As soon as 'racism' is mentioned, well, I think you know…'
Lively says she now plans to sue the British Transport Police for pressing charges against her. The force had alleged that Ostermann threatened the women with pepper spray during the confrontation.