On top of her guilty plea to simple assault and deportation order

One more humiliation has hit a woman who slapped a teen for wearing MAGA clothing.
The news about the attack by Kaitlyn Tracey, 33, of Canada, on a girl on a Jersey Shore boardwalk over the July 4th holiday hit headlines because surveillance footage showed her hitting a teen on the shoulder, then slapping her across the face.
For wearing MAGA slogans.
She originally was accused of endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault, harassment and obstruction.
She pleaded guilty during a hearing on Tuesday to simple assault, and other charges were dropped. Her sentence of one day in jail was satisfied by the time she spent behind bars after turning herself in after a warrant was issued for her arrest.
However, she was ordered deported as she was inside the United States illegally. She had been handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on her arrest.
But a report in the Daily Mail pointed out that an online fundraiser to fund her legal representation, organized to raise $10,000, fell far short, collected only $4,857.
This was after her husband, Matthew Geroni, 42, set up a GoFundMe for the same purpose but watched as it was canceled because the website doesn’t allow projects to raise money for people accused of crimes.
Tracey claimed the project failed because of “Maga people.”
How the plot thickens… Kaitlyn Tracey—the Canadian who attacked an underage girl celebrating the 4th of the July, while on an expired visa and in the USA illegally—is clearly seen on video here striking the girl wearing what appears to be an America 250 shirt and blue shorts. pic.twitter.com/hakGGCMtnj
— Jasmin Laine (@JasminLaine) July 16, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security had branded her the “Maple Leaf Menace.”
She confronted several teens at the resort location who were wearing “patriotic” clothes, allegedly including “Trump” and “ICE” logos. She on video slapped a teen on the shoulder, then across the face.
Her lawyer, Francis Hodgson, described her as “a productive member of society” and described the attack as “unfortunate.”
Prosecutors said that the family of the victim, who was identified only by the initials MH due to her age, agreed with the plea deal, the Daily Mail confirmed.
Judge Guy P. Ryan suggested after her deportation, it will be “a very long time” before she would be allowed to return to the U.S.
Geroni, to the Daily Mail earlier, claimed the teens “provoked” his wife.
The Mail documented: “Tracey’s husband, who often shares social media posts attacking Republicans, including wishing for Mitch McConnell to die and for the Trump family to get cancer, said he believes Donald Trump is partially to blame for the hostility.”
WND reported when the incident developed.
(Editor’s note) Be aware of offensive language in the following:
The husband of Kaitlyn Tracey posted a video CRYING after his Canadian wife was arrested for allegedly assaulting a teen girl wearing Trump-themed attire in NJ.
He conveniently leaves out why his wife was arrested…
If you’re a foreigner and you come here and assault American… https://t.co/HUeGT4koM1 pic.twitter.com/yEurisQWXw
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 14, 2026
‼️NEW – Canadian woman, Kaitlyn E. Tracey, on a visa in the USA
allegedly SLAPPED an American child for wearing President Trump-branded Clothing
to be deported.
….boyfriend weeps on TikTok pic.twitter.com/00Ec2wXjA9
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) July 15, 2026
Canadian woman slaps teen over Trump clothing on Jersey Shore boardwalk; now charged and in ICE custody https://t.co/dozeU9dsEE pic.twitter.com/vfO8ReidMd
— New York Post (@nypost) July 15, 2026
WATCH:
Tracey apparently had been living in Asbury Park with her husband after she came into the U.S. with a passport in 2024.