BERWYN, Ill. — Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes is set to appear in court on Dec. 19 after being accused of pepper-spraying a woman who showed up at his suburban Chicago home. The confrontation followed the leak of Fuentes’ address online, which occurred after his controversial “Your body, my choice” post on X (formerly Twitter).
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Incident Details
According to court documents, the alleged incident took place on Nov. 10 in Berwyn, a Chicago suburb with a population of about 54,000. The 57-year-old woman said she went to Fuentes’ residence after friends encouraged her to investigate rumors that he had been receiving prank deliveries.
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The woman told the Chicago Tribune she recorded a video of herself standing on the sidewalk outside Fuentes’ home. Another woman reportedly pulled up in a car and suggested she ring the doorbell.
The woman alleged that before she could ring the bell, Fuentes opened the door, pepper-sprayed her, shouted an expletive, and took her phone.
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Legal Action and Social Media Reaction
Fuentes, 26, has been charged with battery in connection with the incident. He has since posted mugshots of himself on his X account, captioned with offensive language, including a racial slur, and the phrase, “Free me.”
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Efforts to reach Fuentes or his attorney, Eduardo Cervantes, for comment were unsuccessful as of Saturday.
Fuentes and His Controversial Persona
Fuentes is a self-proclaimed Holocaust-denying white supremacist who has risen to prominence within the far-right online “manosphere.” This fringe movement has leveraged misogynistic rhetoric and threats to gain attention, particularly since Republican Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
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Fuentes and others within this circle have appropriated the “my body, my choice” slogan used by abortion rights advocates, twisting it into “your body, my choice.” Fuentes’ Nov. 5 post on X, stating “Your body, my choice. Forever,” is widely considered to have sparked the recent controversy surrounding him.
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