Anti-Asian pepper spray attacker held on $20K bail

Madeline Barker’s legal aid counsel told the judge the situation was “amplified by media sensation.”

while launching into an anti-Asian tirade in Manhattan was called a possible flight risk at her first court appearance Saturday, and ordered held on $20,000 bail.

Prosecutors said Barker was a flight risk because she’s a resident of Merritt Island in the Sunshine State. She didn’t turn herself in and was only caught after an eyewitness recognized her on the street and called the cops, an assistant district attorney said in Manhattan Criminal Court.Barker’s legal aid counsel told the judge the situation was “amplified by media sensation.”

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