Incident Details
- Date of Incident
- June 26, 2018
- Location
- Miami Beach, Florida
- Targets
- Linda Sargent-Nestor (WTVJ)
- Assailant
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted?
- Unknown
Assault
On June 26, 2018, photographer Linda Sargent-Nestor and reporter Darryl Forges of Florida TV station WTVJ were attacked by a stranger during a morning live shoot in Miami Beach, Florida.
“It’s been a wild day, but overall my photographer Linda Sargent-Nestor and I are ok,” Forges wrote in a Facebook post a few hours after the attack. “We were attacked by a crazy stranger in Miami Beach this morning while doing our live shot.”
“Special thanks to Miami Beach PD for responding quickly, and also to two complete strangers who helped,” he said.
Forges wrote that his glasses were broken in the attack, which left him with minor bruises, scratches and bite marks.
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