Overview
- British Transport Police released a photo and appealed for information to speak with two people following an October 11 incident at Bond Street Underground station.
- Police say a woman with her sister and two young children was racially abused, had her hair grabbed, and had a substance sprayed toward her family after a collision with a pushchair.
- Officers said none of the alleged victims reported injuries and that enquiries continue into the substance, which was described as pepper spray and is illegal in the UK.
- Multiple outlets named the individuals as Melissa Rein Lively and Philipp Ostermann; CNN reported Rein Lively’s X account was temporarily disabled and said it received no substantive response from the pair.
- Following media reports, Ostermann was removed from a London conference schedule, his firm bio disappeared, and his LinkedIn profile was deleted.