Tina O’Brien looked stylish as she headed to an event on Saturday as she was spotted for the first time since she was acquitted after being caught up in a shocking fight.
The Coronation Street actress, 40, was punched during the fight on March 15 outside her £1million home in luxury Bramhall, Greater Manchester.
Police are said to have concluded the soap star was “acting in self-defence” after she tried to defend her home from an unprovoked attack.
attending At the Holly Moor self-development event in Old Trafford, Manchester, Tina wore a gray mini skirt with a white blouse and black jacket.
She shielded her eyes with a pair of oversized cat-eye sunglasses and completed her look with heeled boots.
Tina O’Brien, 40, looked stylish as she headed to an event on Saturday when she was spotted for the first time since she was acquitted after being caught up in a shocking fight.
The Coronation Street actress was punched during the fight on March 15 outside her £1million home in luxury Bramhall, Greater Manchester.
Posing for photos at the event, Tina left the drama behind and flashed a smile for the cameras.
Two weeks ago it was revealed she had been “cleared” after being caught up in the shocking brawl involving teenage girls, according to a new report.
Tina, who plays Sarah Barlow in the popular soap, was trying to defend her home, and neighbors said rival groups of girls “set up” the fight outside.
In an update, police are said to have concluded that the soap star was “acting in self-defense.”
A source said Sun: ‘The police have concluded that Tina acted in self-defense and did nothing wrong. Her version has always been that she was defending her home and her family, and that seems to have been accepted.”
They added: ‘Tina is also petite and not an aggressive person, so she’s not the type to normally fight in the street. These girls came down her road and to her house, and that’s the only reason she got involved.
“She thinks they were looking for trouble and although it wasn’t a good look, in a way she did the right thing.”
MailOnline has contacted Tina’s representatives for comment.
The actress ran out of her house when a fight broke out on her quiet street around 8 pm on Friday, March 15.
Attending the Holly Moor self-development event in Old Trafford, Manchester, Tina wore a gray mini skirt with a white blouse and black jacket.
Posing for photos at the event, Tina left the drama behind and flashed a smile for the cameras.
Two weeks ago it was revealed she had been “cleared” after being caught up in the shocking brawl involving teenagers, according to a new report (pictured June 2023).
At the beginning of the footage obtained by The Sun, Tina, who was wearing a black and white striped top and pink jogging pants, can be seen trying to calm tensions between two young women.
One can be heard saying, “You touched my mom.”
Tina can be heard urging one of the girls to let go of the other, saying: “Let her go… stop.” Let her go, I just said stop. Let her go.’
The footage continues to show the teenage girls kicking each other and then Tina, who intervenes to stop the fight.
The pair are seen fighting with each other and with Tina, who briefly puts the girl in a headlock.
The girls are seen pulling their hair and hitting them.
A girl with blonde hair gets involved shouting ‘who the fuck (do you think) you really are, touching my mom!’
This then triggers another wrestling match between the two teenagers, with the Coronation Street star caught in the middle.
The footage then cuts and when it restarts it shows a melee involving the actress and three girls.
A source told The Sun in the days after the row: ‘Tina went straight to meet her Corrie bosses this morning.
‘She told them she was the victim here and they accepted it. They also believe that the incident has traumatized her, so they have been very understanding.
The mother-of-two lives in a quiet cul-de-sac with her husband Adam Crofts, daughter Scarlett and son Beau (pictured together) and was trying to defend her home.
Tina first appeared in Coronation Street in 1999 and has since had two stints playing the character Sarah Barlow (pictured with Helen Worth playing Gail Platt).
The source said the actress, who also appeared in Waterloo Road and Strictly Come Dancing, had been trying to “break things up”.
They said: “Seeing her in Coronation Street, you wouldn’t think in a million years she’d get involved in something like this, especially in such a public place.”
They added that Tina, who twice won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards, was “defending herself.”
“Tina has been plagued with problems around her house and this time she went out to try to solve them,” the source said.
“Some girls were traveling up her path and were close to her house, so she felt like she was defending herself and her home.”
A spokesperson for the actress told The Sun: “Tina was the victim of an unprovoked incident outside her home which she reported to the police.”
In addition to the mother of two contacting police, it is believed that a relative of one of the children also contacted officers.
The soap star now lives in fear of reprisals following the fight and is increasing security at the home she shares with her husband Adam Crofts, a personal trainer, and their two children.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said at the time: “Officers are investigating reports of an assault in Stockport between 8pm and 9pm on March 15.”
The mother of one of the teenage girls involved in the fight claimed the group had been looking for trouble after a fight over a child. She also claimed that Tina had defended her daughter.
She said: ‘Tina has been very brave to intervene. Tina is very little and she was defending my daughter, so I am very grateful to her.
‘You can hear in her voice in the video that she is scared. This is not like her either and she is a very good person.
“I have thanked him and I would have done the same if it were my house.”
Despite the actress’ claims that the street has been plagued by anti-social behaviour, the Coronation Street star’s neighbors have told of their shock after the actress was attacked.
They claim the star’s home has not been targeted by anti-social thugs in the past and some believe rival girls were attacked during a pre-arranged fight.
A spokesperson for Tina (pictured) said the Coronation Street actress had reported the incident to the police.
A source told The Sun that the actress, who also appeared in Waterloo Road and Strictly Come Dancing, had been trying to “break things up” when the teenagers turned on her.
Neighbor Derek Crookes, 71, said: “It was a real shock when I saw the video.” Tina is lovely and there have been no problems here, let alone girls or boys attacking her house.
‘There is a lot of tranquility here, that is one of the attractions of living here. We don’t have this kind of problems like street fights.’
There is no suggestion that Mrs O’Brien had any role in organizing the fight.
Another neighbor said: “It’s shocking to see Tina scratching as there have been no problems with teenagers here in the past.”
‘These girls are rumored to be from a tougher area of Stockport. It must have been an organized fight.