Overview
- Salem Seleiman, 30, was sentenced on December 4 to two years in New York state prison for his role in the May 2021 assault on a Jewish man in Times Square.
- Seleiman pleaded guilty on September 29 to assault in the second degree and to assault in the third degree as a hate crime.
- Prosecutors said the victim, who wore a yarmulke, was thrown down, beaten, pepper-sprayed, struck with a crutch, and taunted with antisemitic slurs.
- Surveillance footage and Seleiman’s plea established that he urged onlookers to leave and kicked the victim because of the victim’s perceived identity.
- The case’s sixth and final sentencing follows Seleiman’s arrest in Florida in May and extradition to Manhattan, with media identifying the victim as Joey Borgen, who later moved to Israel.