NYC ‘Karen’ lawyer plans to take on media.

Pregnant Nurse Plans to Sue Media Outlets Over False Accusations

A video of Sarah Comrie, a pregnant nurse, recently went viral, showing her crying out for help as a group of young men claimed she was trying to steal their bike. The incident occurred on May 12 and began with Comrie shouting for help as a young black man grabbed the bike and told her it wasn’t hers. Another man confirmed that it belonged to the black man. Comrie repeatedly asked the man holding onto the bike to let her go, saying he was hurting her unborn child. The video ended with Comrie getting off the bike and looking down at her phone, likely to pay for another bike.

When the video was posted online, Comrie was instantly painted as a “Karen” and white supremacist. Even famous civil rights attorney Ben Crump shared the video and accused Comrie of trying to steal the bike from a young black man in NYC. One news outlet even compared Comrie to Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman largely responsible for the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.

However, Comrie’s attorney, Justin Marino, has since provided receipts showing that the bike in question was indeed actually purchased by Comrie. Marino appeared on “America’s Newsroom” on Friday, where he explained how Comrie, a 6-month pregnant physician’s assistant, had just gotten off a 12-hour shift and was trying to go home when the group of young men stopped her. He also noted that the reason Comrie sought an attorney was because she was afraid of losing her job, after having been placed on leave by her employer, pending their own review into the “disturbing” incident.

Comrie Plans to Sue Media Outlets Over False Accusations

Comrie’s attorney plans to sue every media outlet who falsely misrepresented the incident. The target of their lawsuit is “Every organization that referred to her as a Karen, a racist, and a thief.” Marino said, “We’re looking to right a wrong. We’re doing that here through the public, letting them know what happened, but we’re doing it through the court system as well so these institutions are going to think twice before they try to ruin someone’s life.”

He also spoke of death threats against Comrie in a separate interview. “She’s been threatened. People have been outside the house. She’s had someone send her a picture of her front door, saying, ‘I’m here for you,'” he said, according to CBS News.