Florida congressman assaulted at CAA party during Sundance Film Festival

Utah constabulary arrested a antheral accused of assaulting a Florida congressman this play astatine a Sundance Film Festival aft the antheral allegedly hurled racist comments to respective patrons of a Creative Artists Agency party.

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Florida) posted connected X that helium was “okay” aft being slugged by the man, identified by constabulary arsenic 28-year-old Christian Young.

“I was assaulted by a antheral astatine Sundance Festival who told maine that Trump was going to deport maine earlier helium punched maine successful the face,” Frost wrote Saturday successful an X post. “He was heard screaming racist remarks arsenic helium drunkenly ran off. The idiosyncratic was arrested.”

Frost, 29, has the favoritism of being the archetypal subordinate of Gen Z elected to U.S. Congress. Born successful Orlando, Frost is successful his 2nd word representing a Central Florida district. He is Afro-Latino.

On his website, Frost noted his “diverse practice with roots successful Puerto Rican, Lebanese, and Haitian ancestry.” He was adopted astatine commencement “by a Kansas-born musician-producer and ... a peculiar acquisition teacher who immigrated to the US from Cuba arsenic a kid successful the 1960s.”

A idiosyncratic who was astatine the enactment told The Times that the fishy crashed the enactment and said “offensive things” to respective partygoers, including successful the men’s restroom, earlier allegedly assaulting the congressman.

Security unit removed the fishy from the venue, the root said. Police rapidly arrived.

Park City Police Lt. Danielle Snelson said that officers responded to a study of an battle conscionable aft midnight astatine the High West Saloon connected Park Avenue — the determination of the Friday nighttime enactment hosted by CAA.

“Upon arrival, officers conducted an probe and determined that Christian Young unlawfully entered a backstage enactment aft antecedently being turned distant for not having an invitation,” Snelson wrote successful an email. “Once wrong the saloon, Young assaulted Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost and a pistillate who was attending the backstage event.”

Frost’s companion was not identified.

After the incident, the congressman was seen speaking with Park City constabulary officers extracurricular the restaurant. In his X post, Frost wrote: “Thank you to the venue information and Park City PD for assistance connected this incident.”

The fishy was arrested and booked into Utah’s Summit County Jail connected charges of aggravated burglary and 2 counts of elemental assault.

Axios reported that County Judge Richard Mrazik ordered Young to beryllium held without bail due to the fact that of “convincing evidence” that helium whitethorn fly the country and “would represent a important danger” to the community.

“I americium horrified by the onslaught connected Congressman Maxwell Frost. Grateful that helium is okay, but appalled that this terrifying battle took place,” Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote connected X. “The perpetrator indispensable beryllium aggressively prosecuted. Hate and governmental unit has nary spot successful our country.”

The altercation occurred respective hours earlier the deadly shooting of an ICU caregiver successful Minneapolis by a national cause with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Saturday shooting has sparked wide outrage. It was the 3rd shooting successful Minneapolis by ICE officers successful the past 3 weeks, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told CBS News.

On Sunday, a tiny radical of astir a twelve anti-ICE protesters walked up Park City’s Main Street, urging festival attendees to articulation them.

Staff writer Samantha Masunaga contributed to this report.