New York City police arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly punching influencer Halley Kate Mcgookin in the face as she walked along Seventh Avenue on Monday, prompting more than a dozen other women to take to TikTok and share stories of similar seemingly random assaults, including"Real Housewives" star Bethenny Frankel.
Mcgookin reported the incident to police, who confirmed an assault took place at about 10:20 a.m. Monday in which the victim fell to the ground and was later treated at a local medical facility for injuries to the left side of her face. A Brooklyn resident named Skiboky Stora was arrested in connection with the attack Wednesday and charged with assault, according to the NYPD public information office, and the investigation remains ongoing.
A spokesperson for NYPD did not respond to Forbes' request for additional information, like how the alleged assailant was caught or if they think he could be responsible for the other attacks.explaining the same thing had happened to them. In a follow-up video, Mcgookin went on to explain she was looking at her phone during the attack, a detail repeated in the stories of other victims.