Guilbeault was seated in the back with another passenger. · a new york woman accused of pepper - spraying her muslim uber driver while he prayed at a red light has been charged with assault as a hate crime, prosecutors said thursday. · the driver began praying in arabic after he stopped at a red light at an intersection, the district attorneys office said. · jennifer guilbeault, 23, was indicted on multiple hate crime charges on monday after allegedly pepper - spraying a 45-year-old uber driver while he began praying in arabic , according to a. · court documents alleged that in july last year, guilbeault, 23, pepper - sprayed uber driver shohel mahmud, 45, as he began to pray in arabic at a red light. · the uber passenger charged with a hate crime for pepper - spraying a muslim driver in manhattan is a former sorority girl who was fired from her pr job over the shocking incident. The alleged attack occurred after he prayed in arabic at a. At that point, prosecutors said guilbeault lunged forward. Then, the woman reportedly lunged forward toward the man’s seat with a can of pepper spray in her. · guilbeault is accused of pepper - spraying her 45-year-old driver , who picked her and a friend up at about 12:15 a. m. · officials said the uber driver stopped at a red light and began praying in arabic.
