This is the towering brute who allegedly tackled an innocent young woman on a Brooklyn subway platform — prompting vigilante bystanders to give him a taste of his own medicine.
Fredrick Marshall, 42, was pictured for the first time Monday as he appeared for a brief court hearing tied to the viral caught-on-camera attack in Cypress Hills over the summer.
Marshall remained free without bail after being accused of grabbing and bear-hugging the 20-year-old stranger on the Manhattan-bound J train platform at Norwood Avenue in broad daylight on June 29, cops said.
He stood expressionless during his hearing in Brooklyn Criminal Court, and declined to comment after the brief appearance.
Footage of the assault, which quickly racked up millions of views on TikTok, showed the hulking creep being beaten by a crew of quick-thinking good Samaritans who stepped in and allowed the distraught victim to flee.
Marshall was arrested in the wake of the shocking encounter and then cut loose on supervised release, as the charges, which include third-degree assault, were not bail-eligible, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
“It’s unacceptable. It’s really insane to me how they could just release somebody after they did that,” the victim told CBS News in the wake of the attack.
The woman said she still hadn’t fully processed what happened to her.
“What was going through my head was like, I’m just not going to see my family again. That was it, I was just not gonna see my family,” she said at the time.
“About the guys that stepped in, I’m very, very, very thankful because without them, I would not be home.”
Marshall’s next court date is October 10.
Additional reporting by Kyle Schnitzer
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