A new video appears to show a man accused of assaulting women on Metro trains following a woman to a D.C. bar on Friday night.
Bryan Betancur, a pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist, is facing multiple assault charges — both in Virginia and the District — for allegedly touching women’s hair on Metro trains, recording it and then posting the clips to social media.
He’s currently out on bond.
Amanda Moore shared the video she recorded outside of a new popup bar in D.C over the weekend with News4.
Moore is a journalist and was covering the opening of the new Polymarket popup bar at 21st and K Streets Northwest.
Moore says she posted online that she was covering the opening and she believes Betancur saw her post and followed her there.
For weeks News4 has been reporting on Betancur, the pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist accused of posting videos of him allegedly touching women’s hair on Metro Trains. The first video is from March 1, and he was charged with assault and battery in Arlington County.
After his arraignment, he was released on bond and immediately arrested again, which was captured by News4 cameras and also confirmed through court documents. In this video that Betancur allegedly also recorded and posted on his social media, it showed a similar hair touching incident on a train in D.C. on March 2.
After he was arraigned in D.C. court, he was again released on bond.
“I am innocent! Feminism is a cancer!” he told News4 cameras.
Moore told News4 Betancur has been harassing and following her for the past few years. She says she notified police several times but has not filed a restraining order.
While she isn’t claiming Betancur broke any laws on Friday during their encounter on K Street, she points to this video where she says Betancur followed her down the street.
Moore also tells News4 she knows of at least one other person who’s taken out a restraining order against Betancur.
“He’s violated his restraining order so many times and just only gotten a slap on the wrist every time,” Moore told News4 over the phone. “And to the point that he is literally comfortable hunting me down, following me, screaming about how he knows he’s not gonna get in trouble for this … how he knows he’s going to be offered some, ya know, really laxed-like bull—- plea agreement. Because he knows and he’s f—— right.”
Betancur is due back in court in D.C. April 8 and Arlington County court in May.
The courts have restricted him from using social media or riding Metro.
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