earned his notorious status by sexually assaulting a pregnant conductor in a bizarre, wine-soaked incident, newly filed court papers show.
The 26-year-old conductor, whose name is being withheld by The Post, was working on a westbound train Aug. 20, when she saw Michael Harewood board at the Deer Park Station with a bottle of red wine in hand, she said in a Manhattan Supreme Court filing.Harewood, 48, declared he needed to “cool off” and began pouring the wine all over himself, according to a MTA incident report included in the filings.
The ban was made possible by a state law passed in 2020 that allowed judges to ban people from public transportation if convicted of crimes against transit workers or sex offenses in transit. Harewood is banned from the LIRR until late 2024, but the conductor says she’s been unable to return to work since the birth of her child.
She’s struggled with PTSD and anxiety in the wake of the attack and claims the MTA has failed to respond to her requests for a “no-contact” position, such as a job in a train yard.The conductor’s attorney plans to sue the MTA for lost wages and said in the court papers she wants a judge to give her more time to file her case.“They’re not doing anything to protect these train crews,” Dinhofer told The Post.