Daniel Penny Walks Runway In New York Fashion Show After Being Acquitted Of Homicide

The 26-year-old former Marine was introduced as a "hero" at the show.

Daniel Penny, who last year was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, appears to have no interest in retreating from public life.

The 26-year-old former Marine walked the runway Saturday at New York’s “Dressed to Kilt” fashion event, where he was introduced to the starry crowd as a “hero.”

“The next gentleman, the next model, can actually trace mention of his family back to the 12th century in Scotland,” charity co-founder Geoffrey Scott Carroll said of Penny in his introduction, according to the New York Post. “Having said that, he’s a very proud New Yorker and a very, very proud Marine.”

He went on to note: “Far from being a villain, this man was a hero to all the inhabitants of that subway car.”

Neely was homeless and struggling with schizophrenia in May 2023 when he frightened passengers on a New York subway car, prompting Penny, who is white, to restrain Neely, who is Black.