Trump Orbiter and White Nationalist Influencer Nick Fuentes Charged with Battery

Nick Fuentes—a known white nationalist, anti-semite and self-described incel who gained prominence by rallying the far-right around Donald Trump—has been charged with battery for allegedly spraying mace at a 57-year-old woman and pushing her down the stairs of his home in the suburbs of Chicago, according to documents obtained by The Smoking Gun.

The charge stems from an incident that occurred on November 10, when a resident of Fuentes’ town visited his residence. Marla Rose, a 57-year-old Berwyn, Illinois resident, learned where Fuentes lived after his address was published online—the result of widespread backlash against the bigot after he posted “Your body, my choice. Forever” on Twitter following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 Presidential election.

Rose told Vice she initially only intended to visit the address and see if he had been subject to any protests or received any deliveries of diapers or menstrual products, as people online were threatening to do. Once she arrived, another person who seemed to be similarly curious about Fuentes’ home encouraged Rose to ring his doorbell and talk to him.

Rose said she intended to ask Fuentes, “Why do you feel comfortable saying the things that you say?” but he opened the door and immediately pepper sprayed her before she could confront him. He then allegedly pushed her down the three concrete steps that led to his door. “It was obvious he’s very scared, probably extremely paranoid,” she said to Vice. “I’m 5 foot 1. He’s not a big man himself, but I’m 57, he’s 26.”

Rose was taking a video recording with her phone during the incident, and Fuentes can be seen in the footage grabbing her phone from the ground, bringing it into his home, and stomping on it.

Police arrived and took statements from both parties.

Per the documents obtained by The Smoking Gun, Fuentes told police he had “posted a political joke online and for the past three days has been getting online death threats and people showing up at his house unannounced,” and claimed that he was “in fear for his life.” He allegedly became uncooperative with police when asked questions about the confrontation with Rose.

In the wake of the incident, which made national news, Rose told police she received a suspicious sealed envelope in the mail that she was nervous about opening. When police opened the envelope, they found a number of documents related to Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes, and “other memes.” She also posted on Facebook that she and her husband were subject to a swatting attempt at their home, a harassment tactic that seeks to get police to respond to a false situation at a given location.

Fuentes is required to appear in court over the battery charge on December 19.