The most recent victim of the slaphappy “free hugs” panhandler is furious the serial smacker is still out and about, attacking women who decline to share a gratis embrace.

“This guy has a long history of doing this,” the 31-year-old woman, who spoke to The Post on the condition of anonymity, said as she recounted her ordeal with hug thug Jermaine Himmelstein. “It’s pretty outrageous that women can’t be safe in this city.”

The attack occurred Saturday when the woman was taking photos with her mother and friends in Union Square, and Himmelstein–who was found unfit to stand trial in a 2016 slap attack– appeared with his “free hugs” sign.

“I politely said ‘No’ to a hug and shook his hand,” the woman recalled.

“You respect what I’m doing right?” the 26-year-old responded before walking away.

She was looking down at a photo when mere moments later he ran up behind her and smacked her in the face, she said.

The sneaky strike “cut open my lip,” and knocked her glasses to the ground, she recounted.

Himmelstein fled, and she flagged down cops–who found him wandering in a nearby park.

“I just want accountability,” she seethed.

This is the cuddly fiend’s third ambush. He most recently decked a Canadian tourist who refused to tip him following a hug, and later admitted to another hug-related assault.

He was charged with assault and held on $15,000 bail. He’s slotted to return to court October 26.

Additional reporting by Emily Saul