The ex-Marine who choked Jordan Neely to death has been seeing walking the catwalk in a runway show just months after his acquittal in the manslaughter case.
Daniel Penny - who was found not guilty of choking Jordan Neely to death - made his New York City runway debut Saturday night at a high-profile charity fashion show.
The 27-year-old controversial figure strutted down the catwalk in a kilt to Bonnie Tylers Holding Out for a Hero, TMZ reported.
He walked at the Dressed to Kilt event held on Manhattans Upper East Side, just months after his December acquittal.
Dressed to Kilt was co-founded by late James Bond actor Sean Connery and Dr. Geoffrey Scott Carroll in 2003.
The ex-Marines runway style reportedly embodied the events theme Country Couture – From the Scottish Highlands to Fifth Avenue, as reported by the New York Post.
The event is now known as the most prestigious and largest Scottish fashion show in the world, according to the Scottish Banner.
Event organizer praised him during the show as co-founder Geoffrey Scott Carroll introduced Penny as a hero.
Daniel Penny - who was found not guilty of choking Jordan Neely to death - made his New York City runway debut Saturday night at a high-profile charity fashion show
He publicly praised him for his actions during the fatal May 2023 subway confrontation that left homeless street performer Neely dead.
The next gentleman, the next model, can actually trace mention of his family back to the 12th century in Scotland. Having said that, hes a very proud New Yorker and a very, very proud Marine.
Far from being a villain, this man was a hero to all the inhabitants of that subway car, he continued.
[Penny] leaped into action as a passenger on a subway car when a potential assailant started threatening women, children and elderly people with a knife, Carrol said.
Pennys acquittal divided New Yorkers, with many branding him a hero for his actions in May 2023 when he put Neely, a schizophrenic former Michael Jackson impersonator, in a headlock.
Although witnesses said the confrontation came after Neely threatened to kill people on the subway car, telling passengers that someone is going to die today, others saw the case as an overzealous Marine veteran using unreasonable and ultimately lethal force against a mentally-ill black man who was known fondly by many in the neighborhood.
Pennys acquittal divided New Yorkers, with many branding him a hero for his actions in May 2023 when he put Neely, a schizophrenic former Michael Jackson impersonator, in a headlock
Penny had faced second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the high-profile case.
He was ultimately let off the hook for the lesser charge after prosecutors dropped the more serious manslaughter charge.