Earlier this month, days before the alleged attack, Munn shared a social media post speaking out against hate crimes targeting Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
Olivia Munn has spoken out against a hike in violence against Asian people in the US amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying her friend’s mother was recently attacked on a New York City street.
A recent report by the Asian American Bar Association of New York noted “widespread reports of hate incidents (both physical and verbal abuse) against Asian Americans during the pandemic”, adding that “Asian Americans have also been the victims of countless other crimes, even though they are not classified as hate crimes due to purportedly insufficient evidence of racial animosity”.
A person is seen in the clip apparently shoving the woman outside a bakery in Flushing, Queens.