Perry Greene, the former husband of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, has agreed to a $75,000 settlement after he verbally harassed three Muslim women in a Georgia mall parking lot, according to Atlanta News First. The incident, which took place in March, quickly went viral, sparking outrage online.
A video captured by one of the women shows Greene approaching them in a Tesla Cybertruck while they prayed outside the mall in Alpharetta on March 31.
Islamophobic taunts caught on video
In the footage, Greene can be heard asking, “Where are you from? Where all y’all from? Y’all wanna do all kinds of crazy s**t,” and mocked the women for praying to a “false god.” He then reportedly continued to follow them in his vehicle as they tried to walk away.
The woman later described the encounter as deeply unsettling and hateful. “It did feel very long in the moment. Like, it just wouldn’t stop. Attack after attack, insult after insult.
All of it was just out of pure hate and his disgust of us, which I don’t understand,” they told local media.
Legal response and public apology
Following the video’s circulation online, Greene contacted the women’s attorney to apologize. The lawyer, in a post on X, shared the terms of the settlement and the steps Greene took to show remorse.
“I made him apologize privately to them and their families for over 20 minutes, then sit for Friday sermon at their mosque to get educated about Islam, and then issue a public apology to the world. Only after my clients were satisfied with the apology and his community service, we offered a discounted settlement of $75,000. That’s $25,000 PER MINUTE of hate speech, the attorney wrote.
In his public statement, Greene expressed regret for his actions.
“I came today just to meet with the young ladies that I was mean to and treated disrespectfully about their religion and about what they were doing. I just wanted them to know that I humbly apologized to them because no one should be treated that way, and that’s not the right way for us to treat anybody,” he said.
No criminal charges filed
Despite the public backlash, Alpharetta police stated that no charges would be filed against Greene, citing a lack of criminal activity visible in the video.
“In our community all speech is protected — even the speech we may not agree with. After thoroughly watching the video, we have determined no crime was committed. And, while we do not condone activity like this, absent any new information coming forward our investigation is closed, and no criminal charges will be made,” the department said in a statement.
Greene had filed for divorce from Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2022 after nearly three decades of marriage, stating the relationship was “irretrievably broken.”
