Manhattan woman who pepper sprayed Muslim Uber driver unmasked as she insists: 'I'm no racist!'

The Manhattan female who allegedly attacked a Muslim Uber driver pinch capsicum spray has been identified arsenic a nationalist relations adjunct and erstwhile sorority girl. 

Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, is accused of unleashing mace connected 45-year-old Shohel Mahmud, during a hate-fueled late-night thrust successful Midtown Manhattan connected July 31. 

Now Guilbeault, done her lawyer, has snapped backmost aft she was charged pinch a dislike crime - vehemently denying nan ordeal was motivated by title aliases religion. 

Originally from Northbridge, Massachusetts, nan female attended Manhattan College, wherever she earned her bachelor's grade successful nationalist relations, advertizing and applied communication.

She served arsenic nan VP Social Chair of her sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, and during her assemblage years, she was pictured dressing up for formals pinch her glamorous pals, spending a semester abroad, and receiving scholastic honors.

After graduating, she worked for D Pagan Communications - a nationalist relations patient based retired of Melville, New York - who confirmed her employment was terminated. 

The institution took to LinkedIn to condemn nan incident, saying: 'We are alert of nan actions of this erstwhile worker and we don’t condone this behavior.'

Her lawyer, Michael J. Alber, told DailyMail.com his customer 'should not beryllium charged pinch a dislike crime' after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced her indictment Monday. 

'This matter should not beryllium charged arsenic a dislike crime. Ms. Guilbeault was not motivated by race, religion, nationalist origin, aliases immoderate different discriminatory factor,' Alber said. 

'This lawsuit needs to beryllium looked astatine pinch each surrounding circumstances which see assessing each of nan grounds and deficiency of evidence,' adding that he and his customer 'look forward' to examining nan facts of nan case.    

'We look guardant to moving pinch nan District Attorney's agency to afloat vet each of nan facts successful nan due forum, which does not embellish aliases exaggerate nan claims, particularly wherever nan integrity and credibility of claims tin decently beryllium tested.

'A afloat and adjacent reappraisal of nan grounds is going to show a crime was not committed successful this matter, and that a unreserved to judgement is not appropriate, and is hurtful to each those involved,' Alber added. 

Bragg said Guilbeault 'senselessly assaulted' Mahmud, who called 911 aft experiencing achy burning and redness from nan capsicum spray. 

'As alleged, Jennifer Guilbeault senselessly assaulted a Muslim Uber driver while he was conscionable doing his job.

'The unfortunate is simply a hardworking New Yorker who should not person to look this type of dislike because of his identity. Everyone is invited to unrecorded and activity successful Manhattan,' Bragg added. 

Dramatic dashcam footage captured nan full incident arsenic Guilbeault allegedly lunged toward Mahmud and sprayed him successful nan look earlier pulling his limb backmost arsenic he tried to push her off, while her friend sat successful nan backseat stunned by her actions. 

Guilbeault and her friend sat successful nan backseat of nan car arsenic Mahmud said Arabic while stopped astatine a reddish light. 

Guilbeault allegedly past snuck up from down him and shoved nan capsicum spray successful his face, arsenic he tried to conflict her off, many times saying: 'What? what?' 

She past attempted to clasp his limb down wrong nan car arsenic Mahmud managed to unbuckle himself and hopped retired nan driver's door. 

As he did so, Guilbeault continued to constituent nan mace astatine him while her confused friend said: 'Jen, Jen, what nan f***?!' 

Guilbeault past climbed successful nan beforehand spot arsenic nan driver tried to beryllium backmost down, but soon ran out. 

Mahmud held nan doorway unfastened arsenic he stood extracurricular of nan vehicle, while Guilbeault many times said 'get him out' arsenic her friend held her back. 

The panicked driver past asked her why she attacked him, as Guilbeault opened nan backseat doorway and exited nan car. 

Afterward, her friend was heard yelling 'Jen, Jen, Jen! Why did you do that?' earlier nan 2 women grabbed their bags and left. 

Mahmud suffered injuries to his neck, backmost and shoulder, on pinch impaired imagination successful his correct eye, according to The New York Times. 

Driving since 2017, he said this was nan first clip he was attacked. Mahmud returned backmost down nan instrumentality successful precocious September.  

Following nan announcement of dislike crime charges, CAIR-NY, a section of the  largest Muslim civilian authorities and advocacy statement successful nan country, said it 'welcomed' Guilbeault's indictment. 

'We invited nan dislike crime charges successful this lawsuit and convey rule enforcement authorities for sending a clear connection that those who allegedly transportation retired bias-motivated attacks will look nan consequences,' CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher said Tuesday. 

Guilbeault was indicted successful New York State Supreme Court connected 1 count each of second-degree battle arsenic a dislike crime, third-degree battle arsenic a dislike crime, and second-degree aggravated harassment. 

She was arraigned successful August connected battle charges and battle arsenic a dislike crime, arsenic Mahmud, a begetter of 3 from Queens, believes her actions were racially motivated. Guilbeault denied that allegation. 

Guilbeault pleaded not blameworthy to nan charges and was released connected Monday. She is group to return to tribunal successful January.