US stand-up comedian Reginald D Hunter is being prosecuted in a UK court over alleged antisemitic social media posts.
The 56-year-old is accused of three counts of sending an offensive communication on three different occasions – on August 24, September 10 and September 11 last year – to pro-Israeli activist Heidi Bachram on X, formerly Twitter.
He was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday but Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram issued a warrant for him to attend court on July 7 in his absence.
Prosecutor Donal Lawler told the court that Hunter is a “well-known comedian” who is being privately prosecuted by the Campaign Against…