Overview
- Bryan Betancur was taken into custody at D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday by a U.S. Marshal and is being held without bond after transfer to city police.
- Court filings say he confronted a woman at a March 20 event in Northwest D.C., made a Nazi salute, and shouted antisemitic slurs before following her as she left.
- Investigators report he later livestreamed near the U.S. Supreme Court on March 31, named the woman, and said he was looking for her while she worked there as a journalist.
- The new charge follows his March arrests tied to videos of him touching women’s hair on Metro trains, after which a judge ordered GPS monitoring, a Metro ban, caseworker meetings, and a substance-use evaluation.
- Prosecutors have asked a judge to detain him pending trial, noting his Jan. 6 conviction, a 2025 presidential pardon, and prior probation for burglary cited in court records.