Seweid, who is a student at New York's Baruch College, was arrested by police on Wednesday for filing a false report and admitting she lied about the so-called attack.
She wrote:
'No matter how 'cultured' or 'Americanized' I am, these people don't see me as an American.' 'It breaks my heart that so many individuals chose to be bystanders while watching me get harassed verbally and physically by these disgusting pigs.'Police originally investigated the case as an anti-Muslim bias incident and spent significant resources trying to track down those responsible.
There was an outrage on social media because of what she said happened to her. Then shortly after the 'incident', she went missing and people thought her disappearance had something to do with the racist incident that she claimed happened to her.
Fortunately by Dec. 10th, she had been declared found.
On Tuesday, Seweid finally admitted to police that she had fabricated the story, saying she wanted to get attention because she was having family issues at home.
She was charged with filing a false report and obstructing governmental administration.
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