Meghan Markle talked with Althea Bernstein, an 18-year-old black woman, who was the victim of an alleged hate crime in Wisconsin last week, E! The news has learned.
The Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince harry He called her over the weekend to “offer her support and hopefully be a small source of comfort.”
According to NBC NewsThe Madison police launched a hate crime investigation after the young woman said a group of white men sprayed her with lighter fluid and set her on fire. The police department incident report indicates that Bernstein told investigators that he saw four white men and “says that one used a spray bottle to spread a liquid on his face and neck, and then threw a burning lighter at him. , causing the liquid to catch fire. ” ”
Furthermore, the report indicates that Bernstein was able to put out the flames and drive it. Once there, her mother told her to go to the hospital, where the 18-year-old was told that the liquid was in fact believed to be a lighter fluid.
Meghan contacted Bernstein through the president of the Dane Country Boys & Girls Club, Michael Johnson, according to the Wisconsin media Channel 3000. Johnson has also acted as a spokesperson for Bernstein and said the duke and duchess spoke to the young woman on the phone for about 40 minutes on Saturday afternoon.
