Overview
- Bryan Betancur was arrested at D.C. Superior Court and is now held without bond on a stalking charge.
- Prosecutors say he contacted and followed a woman after his release, including showing up at a downtown event, making an anti-Semitic gesture, and later livestreaming outside the Supreme Court while naming her.
- The new charge follows his March arrest in a Metro case after videos showed a man touching women’s hair on a Silver Line train, which police say are part of the investigation.
- A judge had released him under strict conditions that included a GPS ankle monitor, a ban from Metro property, weekly meetings with a caseworker, and a substance-use evaluation.
- Betancur is a convicted Jan. 6 participant pardoned by President Trump last year, and prosecutors point to his prior convictions and documented extremist rhetoric to argue he presents a danger.