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ALLEGED NYC SUBWAY CELLIST ATTACKER PLEADS GUILTY – THEN CHANGES HER MIND IN
BIZARRE COURT SCENE

By Kyle Schnitzer

Published April 10, 2024, 6:36 p.m. ET

A woman accused of attacking a subway cellist with a bottle tried to plead
guilty Wednesday – only to be talked out of it in a bizarre scene in Manhattan
court.

Amira Hunter, 23, was arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court on assault charges
for bashing cellist Iain S. Forrest in the head while he performed in the Herald
Square subway station on Feb. 19.

When asked by a clerk how she planned to plea to the alleged assault, Hunter
responded “guilty” quickly — only for her frantic lawyer, Molly Kamus, to jump
in and stop her from saying anything further.

The pair had a hushed conversation at the defense table inside Judge Gregory
Carro’s courtroom before the judge asked whether the attorney wanted to change
the plea, which she agreed to.

Hunter — who sported a beige prison jumpsuit — then flashed smiles and several
times stuck her tongue out to photographers in the jury well during the
proceeding, where prosecutors asked the judge to beef up her bail following a
March 5 shoplifting arrest that came after she was set put on supervised release
by Judge Marva Brown in the subway attack.

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Hunter found herself back in handcuffs and in front of the judge again for
allegedly swiping a $325 Moncler baseball cap from a Midtown Nordstrom.

The same judge then set bail at $500 bond — again shrugging off a $10,000 bail
request from prosecutors.

But this time, the judge sided with prosecutors — who asked for $15,000 cash
bail — by increasing Hunter’s bail to either $10,000 cash or a $10,000 partially
insured bond.

Hunter’s attorney tried arguing for $1 bail because she wasn’t able to post the
initial bond payment due to having no income.

She then said that she would be asking for a higher tier of supervised release
if Hunter had been able to post bail to begin with, which she claimed Hunter is
not violent despite the arrest.

Amira Hunter, 23, was arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court on assault charges
for bashing cellist Iain S. Forrest in the head while he performed in the Herald
Square subway station on Feb. 19. Gabriella Bass

But the judge wasn’t having it — telling Hunter’s attorney that there was
“obviously no record of her reporting to supervised release.”

“She didn’t follow the rule of supervised release,” the judge said.

“She was rearrested.”

Hunter was allegedly watching Forrest, 29, perform with an electric cello inside
the subway station at West 34th Street when she snuck up behind the musician and
bashed him in the back of the head with his metal water bottle.

Hunter found herself back in handcuffs and in front of the judge again for
allegedly swiping a $325 Moncler baseball cap from a Midtown Nordstrom.
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The attack was caught in a now-viral video.

Forrest said after the attack that he was at his “breaking point” after being
attacked for the second time while performing underground.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement that subway
entertainers deserve to perform in a safe environment and not feel threatened by
others.

“Subway musicians bring joy to New York’s bustling subway system, and they
deserve to perform in a safe environment. As alleged, Amira Hunter’s random and
violent action left a subway musician in immense pain,” Bragg said.

“Anyone who threatens the safety of New Yorkers using our public transportation
will be held accountable. I hope the victim continues to heal from this
assault.”

Hunter is due back in court on June 20.

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