Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMelissa Rein Lively accepted a conditional caution (AFP/Getty)American influencer Melissa Rein Lively admitted to assaulting a woman at Bond Street Underground station in London last October. Rein Lively accepted a conditional caution, resulting in the withdrawal of the assault by beating charge against her. She agreed to pay £910 in compensation for forcefully pulling the woman's hair, with the payment due in July. Her co-accused, Philipp Ostermann, pleaded not guilty to two racially aggravated public order offenses and one public order offense. Ostermann is accused of racially abusing two sisters after Rein Lively stumbled into their pushchair, and his trial is set for November 17. In fullUS influencer admits pulling woman’s hair in London Tube station assaultThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Melissa Rein Lively, 40, an American founder of the anti-woke PR firm America First PR, admitted her involvement in the incident and has agreed to pay compensation by July 14.

Melissa Rein Lively did not appear for the hearing in London on Tuesday

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Founder of ‘anti-woke’ PR firm to pay £910 to woman whose hair she pulled at Bond Street tube station last October

Melissa Rein Lively, 40, grabbed a woman's hair at Bond Street Underground station and tugged it in a 'forceful manner' after the pair got into an alleged row over a pushchair

A US woman influencer with ties to President Donald Trump's MAGA movement has admitted to assaulting a woman at a London Tube station last year, a court was told Tuesday.

American influencer Melissa Rein Lively has admitted assaulting a woman after a confrontation outside London's Bond Street Underground station.