{"id":145594,"date":"2026-02-26T02:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145594\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:31:39","slug":"anti-white-bigot-convicted-of-sucker-punching-tiktok-influencer-berating-jewish-couple-in-nyc-hate-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145594\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-white bigot convicted of sucker-punching TikTok influencer, berating Jewish couple in NYC hate crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unhinged anti-white and anti-Jewish bigot who slugged a TikTok influencer in an infamous caught-on-video Manhattan attack<\/a> was convicted on hate-crimes charges Wednesday and now faces up to 12 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Skiboky Stora, who has run long-shot races for NYC mayor and claimed to be the \u201cgreat great grandson of Marcus Garvey,\u201d was found guilty of assault in the third degree as a hate crime following a bench trial in front of Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Josh Hanshaft.<\/p>\n

The judge needed just 30 minutes to deliver the guilty verdict after the four-week trial, at which Stora acted as his own lawyer and put up a rambling, nonsensical defense.<\/p>\n

Skiboky Stora in court on Feb. 25, 2026 where he was convicted on hate crime charges. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

He was also convicted of stalking in the third degree as a hate crime and aggravated harassment in the second degree. The judge will decide whether Stora\u2019s multiple felony convictions will run consecutively to each other. If sentenced concurrently, he faces up to four years in prison.<\/p>\n

Stora, who wore a tie with his own name on it in court, was immediately remanded by the judge \u2014 and will be sentenced on April 14.<\/p>\n

The trial, which included Stora taking more than 60 bathroom breaks and engaging in other shenanigans, wrapped up Wednesday as he and Manhattan prosecutors made closing arguments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never did anything racist to anybody<\/a>, and I never did anything discriminating against anybody, and I never tried to injure anybody,\u201d Stora said in his short remarks.<\/p>\n

When his brief speech wrapped up in just under 15 minutes, the judge asked Stora if that was all he had to say, to which he bizarrely replied, \u201cGod Bless America\u201d three times.<\/p>\n

Stora faces up to three years in prison at his sentencing in April. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have said that Stora assaulted, stalked and harassed strangers on the streets of the Big Apple in a series of hate crimes targeting white people, Jewish people and women.<\/a><\/p>\n

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Edward Smith argued that Stora \u2014 who he said hates white people \u2014 shouldn\u2019t be \u201ccredited by the court\u201d because he continuously lied throughout the trial and denied any involvement in the hate crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant didn\u2019t select the victims in this case because they were in his way or because they bumped into him,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

Stora acted as his own lawyer and bizarrely claimed he was innocent because the suspect had hair. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant selected his victims because they were white, fair skinned \u2014 because they were women and because they were Jewish,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

At trial, prosecutors showed a trove of Stora\u2019s self-recorded videos where he can be seen shouting hate speech against white people.<\/p>\n

Stora, who testified in his own defense, came up with a number of excuses as to why he couldn\u2019t be the perp behind the hate crimes \u2014 despite caught-on-camera video of the attacks clearly depicting a man who appeared to be Stora.<\/p>\n

Stora, who appeared with a clearly shaven head at trial, repeatedly claimed that he couldn\u2019t have committed any of crimes because the perp had hair unlike him.<\/p>\n

Stora\u2019s dog Shirleylittlebutt \u2014 who he claims isn\u2019t the dog depicted in videos. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

Social media influencer Halley Kate McGookin testified on Feb. 3, 2026 about being attacked by Stora. Steven Hirsch for the NY Post<\/p>\n

When asked several times about whether his dog \u2014 a \u201cblack and white\u201d cocker spaniel named Shirleylittlebutt \u2014 was the pooch present in several of the assaults, Stora argued that it wasn\u2019t his dog because video showed a \u201cwhite and grey\u201d dog.<\/p>\n

At trial, witnesses testified about their random run-ins with Stora \u2014 including TikTok influencer Halley McGookin, who testified about being punched in the face<\/a> by the goon on March 25, 2024<\/p>\n

McGookin, also known as Halley Kate <\/a>with more than 1.6 million followers, said that she was so rattled after being slugged that she immediately apologized to her attacker.<\/p>\n

McGookin said Stora hit her while she was walking on her way to record a podcast in Chelsea. TikTok\/@halleykate<\/p>\n

The TikTok influencer told her attacker she was sorry \u201cbecause he was screaming at me, using a lot of profanity, saying it was my fault,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

McGookin was on her way to record a podcast when she was attacked<\/a> near West 17th Street near Seventh Avenue around 10:20 a.m. she testified.<\/p>\n

Other evidence included a caught-on-camera verbal attack at a white Jewish couple inside a 16th Street building after they had made eye contact with him on the street as he was tearing down Israeli hostage posters in November 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promise you white boy, the Muslims are coming from you,\u201d Stora yelled in the shocking caught-on-camera rampage.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to die \u2014 Die Jew Die!\u201d Stora continued before leaving the building.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said that Stora repeatedly \u201csees himself above all women, especially white women\u201d and that his Instagram videos showed a general hate against whiteness.<\/p>\n

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Brag applauded the conviction in a statement following the hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victims were met with both violence and harassment simply because of who they are,\u201d Bragg said. \u201cHate crimes strike at the core of our city\u2019s values and sense of safety, and I thank the hardworking prosecutors of our Hate Crimes Unit for presenting a rigorous case and securing this conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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