ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The amount of a settlement between three Muslim women and Perry Greene, the ex-husband of Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, was announced Monday.
Attorneys for the three women, all college students, said Greene paid $75,000, which they said they donated to their local mosque.
“It is important that people understand this type of speech will not be tolerated and it needs to be addressed,” attorney Ali Awad said. “Today we believe it has been held accountable.”
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The women recounted the ordeal and how they felt, swaying they felt scared for their lives.
“Clearly, he saw us as an easy target, three young women who were praying out of everyone’s way,” said Nesrine, who did not provide her last name.
On March 30, they had stopped to pray in the parking lot of Avalon at Alpharetta when they were approached by Greene.
The women say the verbal attack went on for minutes before they started recording, but what was captured later resulted in Greene issuing a public apology.
Alpharetta police said they determined a crime had not been committed. The department added that both the women and Greene were legally expressing their First Amendment rights, though the department called the commentary “disgusting.”
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At a news conference on Monday, the women recounted the moments as everything happened.
“Honestly just shock there wasn’t really much we could say, our words were not really forming correctly. It was definitely a scary moment,” said Amira, who did not provide her last name.
Greene later apologized to the women in private, as well as making a public statement and attending a sermon with them Friday. The three said they have forgiven him.
“Perry did come out and did sincerely apologize,” Amira said. “We do think that it is sincere.”
“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,” Greene said on Friday. “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.”
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