US comic Reginald D Hunter is being privately prosecuted by the Marketing campaign Towards Antisemitism (CAA) over posts he despatched to a girl, a courtroom heard.
The 56-year-old stand-up is accused of three counts of sending an offensive communication to Heidi Bachram on X on 24 August, 10 September and 11 September final yr.
He was attributable to seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on Friday however Deputy Chief Justice of the Peace Tan Ikram issued a warrant for him to attend courtroom on 7 July in his absence.
Prosecutor Donal Lawler advised the courtroom that Hunter is a “well-known comedian” who’s being privately prosecuted by the charity.
It’s alleged Hunter despatched a computer-generated sexual picture to Ms Bachram in August final yr, with the costs claiming it was “grossly offensive”.
It is alleged that he then despatched two antisemitic messages within the following days.
Mr Lawler advised the courtroom on Friday that the comic was attributable to start a tour of England and Wales tomorrow.
The prosecutor stated Hunter was scheduled to do a gig in London on 6 July, including that his authorized workforce might be able to serve him his courtroom summons in particular person on the venue on that date.
The CAA describes itself as an organisation of volunteers which works to “expose and counter antisemitism through education and zero-tolerance enforcement of the law”.
Stephen Silverman, the group’s director of investigations and enforcement, stated: “This is one of a number of private prosecutions that we are bringing, and there will be more to say on the case in due course.”
Hunter’s representatives have been approached for remark.
