Therese Patricia Okoumou speaks to the media after her sentencing for conviction on attempted scaling of the Statue of Liberty to protest the U.S. immigration policy, outside a federal court in New York, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman convicted of trespassing and disorderly conduct after she climbed the Statue of Liberty's stone pedestal on July 4 last year to protest U.S. immigration policy was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and five years' probation on Tuesday.
Therese Patricia Okoumou arrived at her sentencing hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein in Manhattan with her whole face in clear tape, wearing a headband that said "I CARE". She removed the tape after Gorenstein said he would not proceed otherwise.
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