Nigel Farage has blasted Victoria Thomas Bowen after the 25-year-old Only Fans model pleaded guilty to assault by beating and criminal damage following an incident in Clacton ahead of the 2024 General Election.
Farage, 60, who was also doused in milkshake during the 2019 EU Parliamentary Elections, was swilled by the drink after leaving the Moon and Starfish pub in the Essex seaside town on June 4.
Responding to Thomas Bowen’s guilty plea, Farage said: “It’s June 4, two hours after I’ve announced my candidacy for the Clacton constituency. A young woman rushes out of the crowd and chucks a milkshake in my face.
“Well, I’m pleased it was only a milkshake. We go to Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning. Huge circus. And right at the last minute she pleads guilty.
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“Sentencing will take place on December 16 but just think about the vast amount of public money and time that has been wasted in taking this all the way to the Magistrates’ Court when at any point in the intervening period she could have pled guilty but chose not to.
“Now she is on OnlyFans and therefore makes money out of any publicity that she gets. Not only are actions like this damaging to our democracy, is it any wonder that Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak barely met a voter in the whole of the election campaign?
“But frankly, she’s taking the mickey out of the whole system. It’s not for me to say what sentence she gets, but she’ll deserve it. Whatever it is.”
Thomas Bowen, who is an Only Fans model, originally denied the charges and was due to face trial today before entering a guilty plea.
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She admitted to assault by beating and criminal damage, including causing £17.50 worth of damage to a jacket belonging to Farage’s security officer James Woolfenden.
In a witness statement, Farage said he was not injured but “this incident caused me concern as I have only been going about my job” and that he tries to “have as much public engagement as possible.”
He added: “I’m saddened that this has happened at a public campaign.”
Thomas Bowen, who told officers she “does not agree with his political views”, claimed she saw a post advertising Farage’s attendance on social media.
She said she was outside the pub when she saw him leaving and decided to act because she “had the opportunity”.
Giving details from her police interview, prosecutor Nishma Shah told the court: “She acknowledges that this was an assault and that the liquid would have gone over the jackets of him and others and caused them to get cleaning, but she states that Nigel would be able to afford this. She states she did not regret her actions.”
However, the 25-year-old claimed she did not intend for the cup to strike Farage.
Thomas Bowen, who did not make a comment after leaving Westminster Magistrates’ Court, now has more than 44,000 followers on Twitter/X.
Farage was involved in a separate incident while campaigning in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on June 11.
Josh Greally, of Clowne, Derbyshire, was sentenced to six weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, after admitting throwing a coffee cup and another item at Farage.
The 28-year-old pelted the objects at the Reform UK leader while he was driving around the Brexit-backing town on an open-top bus.
Reacting to the sentencing, Farage claimed Greally had been allowed to “walk free” after the “very dangerous, provocative, violent” incident.
He added: “Today he’s been given a suspended prison sentence. He will not serve any custodial time at all.”
