Attorney for NYC hospital worker slams media after viral bike dispute: ‘Without question’ she’s been ‘defamed’

NYC Physician Assistant Sarah Comrie has been put on administrative leave over the incident

The attorney for the New York City hospital worker at the center of a viral bicycle dispute said his client is “in hiding” because her life and job are being threatened over the encounter.

Sarah Comrie, a Physician Assistant at Bellevue Hospital, was branded a racist “Karen” by media outlets and social media critics after she was seen arguing with a group of Black men who accused her of taking their rental bike in a iPhone video that’s gone viral.

Her attorney Justin Marino explained on “America’s Newsroom” Friday that the 6-month pregnant health care provider had just ended her 12-hour-shift and was trying to rent a bike to go home.

Marino said Comrie started to back off the docking station after paying for the bike on May 12 when the men confronted her claiming she was taking the bike they had already reserved.