TikTok influencer posts about NYC punching incident; suspect charged as more women come forward

Friday, March 29, 2024 4:20PMA 40-year-old man has been charged in the assault of a TikTok influencer in New York City earlier this week as several women have come forward to share similar stories.recalling an attack on March 25 in Chelsea near W 16th St and 7th Avenue.

McGookin posted several times about the assault on social media and within a few days, her story has gotten over five million likes.Stora himself has somewhat of a following on Instagram. He maintains multiple TikTok accounts showing him aggressively approaching police and strangers, many of them women. He is being held on $10,000 bail.

This incident comes on the heels of a recent wave of women saying they were also randomly punched while walking in New York City. Amid McGookin's viral video about her attack, the NYPD can now account for at least six other punchings where the victims later posted a TikTok describing their experiences between March 17 and March 26.

All of the incidents happened within the last two weeks and all happened in Manhattan -- specifically Midtown and below. However, police do not believe any of the attacks are related.says she was punched in the head while walking her dog at Kenmare Street and Mulberry Street in Nolita. She says the man who hit her apologized.: 30-year-old Sarah Suzuki Harvard says she was punched on Delancey Street at Essex Street on the Lower East Side. She says she did not report the incident.

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