Man Who Beat Woman For Kissing Friend On Cheek Pleads Guilty: DA

FOREST HILLS, Queens — A man who screamed homophobic slurs and attacked a woman for kissing her friend on the cheek pleaded guilty to a hate crime Thursday, the acting Queens district attorney announced.

Allasheed Allah, of East Harlem, pleaded guilty to assault in Queens Criminal Court Thursday less than one year after the November 2018 attack that left a 20-year-old woman lying hurt on a subway platform, the District Attorney's office said.

"The defendant has admitted to attacking a woman solely based on his belief that she was gay," Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan said. "This kind of hate-inspired assault is intolerable and we won’t stand for it here in Queens County — the most diverse county in the country."

Allah, 54, became outraged when he saw a woman kiss her friend on the cheek on a Manhattan-bound E train on Nov. 20 about 5 p.m., said prosecutors.

His hurled anti-gay slurs at the woman, shouting, "kiss her again, you d--- b----!" then followed the two women onto the 71st Ave. station platform in Forrest Hills, prosecutors said.

Allah then hit the woman in the head and chest, slamming her into a nearby pole and hurling her to the ground, said prosecutors.

The young woman suffered head and neck injuries from which she has since recovered, according to prosecutors.

Allah was soon arrested and later told police he hit the woman because he believed she was gay, said prosecutors.

"[She was] disrespecting me with all that gay (expletive)” Allah reportedly said.

Allah is expected to return to court on Nov. 7 where he is expected to be sentenced to one to three years in prison by Judge Mary Bejarano, prosecutors said.