Far-right provocateur and white nationalist Nick Fuentes is facing a misdemeanor battery charge after a confrontation with a woman who showed up at his home after he posted the now-viral misogynistic phrase “Your body, my choice” on social media in November.
NBC News reported:
Marla Rose, 57, told police that she went to record Fuentes’ home on Nov. 10 after she saw his controversial social media post and that he pepper-sprayed her, pushed her onto the concrete and broke her phone outside his Chicago-area home in Berwyn, Illinois. According to a police report, which was filed Nov. 11, the woman did not have any visible physical injuries but her eyes were ‘watery.’
Fuentes’ posted the phrase — a twist on the pro-abortion rights slogan “My body, my choice” — on X on election night as vote counts showed Donald Trump ahead in several battleground states. His post sparked a wave of outrage across social media, and he was subsequently doxxed, with his home address shared online. The woman, Rose, had shared a video of what appeared to be part the incident on Facebook, though that post has since been removed.
Fuentes was arrested in late November and released the same day. According to NBC News, Fuentes told police that since he “posted a political joke online,” he has received death threats and people have appeared at his house unannounced. He also told police he was “in fear for his life,” the report said.
Fuentes did not respond to NBC News’ requests for comment. Rose could not be reached.
Fuentes is set to make his first court appearance in the case on Dec. 19. On Friday, he posted what appeared to be his mug shot on X. His “America First” streaming show began selling clothing with his mug shot on it the same day.
There was a spike in misogynistic and threatening online posts against women after Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election, according to a report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue that quoted Fuentes’ post as an example. The 26-year-old has a long history of peddling sexist, antisemitic beliefs. He attended the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017, and he addressed a crowd outdoors during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The U.S. government has referred to Fuentes as a white supremacist in court documents.
Yet Fuentes has amassed a huge online platform among other far-right sympathizers and activists. In 2022, he also personally dined with Trump and rapper Ye, who apologized in 2023 for multiple antisemitic remarks.
