Manhattan woman who pepper sprayed Muslim Uber driver unmasked as she insists: 'I'm no racist!'

The Manhattan pistillate who allegedly attacked a Muslim Uber operator with capsicum spray has been identified arsenic a nationalist relations adjunct and erstwhile sorority girl. 

Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, is accused of unleashing mace connected 45-year-old Shohel Mahmud, during a hate-fueled late-night thrust successful Midtown Manhattan connected July 31. 

Now Guilbeault, done her lawyer, has snapped backmost aft she was charged with a hatred transgression - vehemently denying the ordeal was motivated by contention oregon religion. 

Originally from Northbridge, Massachusetts, the pistillate attended Manhattan College, wherever she earned her bachelor's grade successful nationalist relations, advertizing and applied communication.

She served arsenic the VP Social Chair of her sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, and during her assemblage years, she was pictured dressing up for formals with her glamorous pals, spending a semester abroad, and receiving scholastic honors.

After graduating, she worked for D Pagan Communications - a nationalist relations steadfast based retired of Melville, New York - who confirmed her employment was terminated. 

The institution took to LinkedIn to condemn the incident, saying: 'We are alert of the actions of this erstwhile worker and we don’t condone this behavior.'

Her lawyer, Michael J. Alber, told DailyMail.com his lawsuit 'should not beryllium charged with a hatred crime' after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced her indictment Monday. 

'This substance should not beryllium charged arsenic a hatred crime. Ms. Guilbeault was not motivated by race, religion, nationalist origin, oregon immoderate different discriminatory factor,' Alber said. 

'This lawsuit needs to beryllium looked astatine with each surrounding circumstances which see assessing each of the grounds and deficiency of evidence,' adding that helium and his lawsuit 'look forward' to examining the facts of the case.    

'We look guardant to moving with the District Attorney's bureau to afloat vet each of the facts successful the due forum, which does not embellish oregon exaggerate the claims, particularly wherever the integrity and credibility of claims tin decently beryllium tested.

'A afloat and just reappraisal of the grounds is going to amusement a transgression was not committed successful this matter, and that a unreserved to judgement is not appropriate, and is hurtful to each those involved,' Alber added. 

Bragg said Guilbeault 'senselessly assaulted' Mahmud, who called 911 aft experiencing achy burning and redness from the capsicum spray. 

'As alleged, Jennifer Guilbeault senselessly assaulted a Muslim Uber operator portion helium was conscionable doing his job.

'The unfortunate is simply a hardworking New Yorker who should not person to look this benignant of hatred due to the fact that of his identity. Everyone is invited to unrecorded and enactment successful Manhattan,' Bragg added. 

Dramatic dashcam footage captured the full incidental arsenic Guilbeault allegedly lunged toward Mahmud and sprayed him successful the look earlier pulling his limb backmost arsenic helium tried to propulsion her off, portion her person sat successful the backseat stunned by her actions. 

Guilbeault and her person sat successful the backseat of the car arsenic Mahmud spoke Arabic portion stopped astatine a reddish light. 

Guilbeault allegedly past snuck up from down him and shoved the capsicum spray successful his face, arsenic helium tried to combat her off, repeatedly saying: 'What? what?' 

She past attempted to clasp his limb down wrong the car arsenic Mahmud managed to unbuckle himself and hopped retired the driver's door. 

As helium did so, Guilbeault continued to constituent the mace astatine him portion her confused person said: 'Jen, Jen, what the f***?!' 

Guilbeault past climbed successful the beforehand spot arsenic the operator tried to beryllium backmost down, but soon ran out. 

Mahmud held the doorway unfastened arsenic helium stood extracurricular of the vehicle, portion Guilbeault repeatedly said 'get him out' arsenic her person held her back. 

The panicked operator past asked her wherefore she attacked him, as Guilbeault opened the backseat doorway and exited the car. 

Afterward, her person was heard yelling 'Jen, Jen, Jen! Why did you bash that?' earlier the 2 women grabbed their bags and left. 

Mahmud suffered injuries to his neck, backmost and shoulder, on with impaired imaginativeness successful his close eye, according to The New York Times. 

Driving since 2017, helium said this was the archetypal clip helium was attacked. Mahmud returned backmost down the instrumentality successful precocious September.  

Following the announcement of hatred transgression charges, CAIR-NY, a section of the  largest Muslim civilian rights and advocacy enactment successful the country, said it 'welcomed' Guilbeault's indictment. 

'We invited the hatred transgression charges successful this lawsuit and convey instrumentality enforcement authorities for sending a wide connection that those who allegedly transportation retired bias-motivated attacks volition look the consequences,' CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher said Tuesday. 

Guilbeault was indicted successful New York State Supreme Court connected 1 number each of second-degree battle arsenic a hatred crime, third-degree battle arsenic a hatred crime, and second-degree aggravated harassment. 

She was arraigned successful August connected battle charges and battle arsenic a hatred crime, arsenic Mahmud, a begetter of 3 from Queens, believes her actions were racially motivated. Guilbeault denied that allegation. 

Guilbeault pleaded not blameworthy to the charges and was released connected Monday. She is acceptable to instrumentality to tribunal successful January.