Tina O’Brien looked chic while heading out to an event on Saturday as she was seen for the first time since being cleared after being caught up in shocking brawl.
The Coronation Street actress, 40, was punched during the fight on March 15 outside her £1 million home in upmarket Bramhall, Greater Manchester.
Police are said to have concluded that the soapstar was ‘acting in self-defence’ after she tried to defend her home from an unprovoked attack.
Attending the Holly Moor Self development event in Old Trafford, Manchester, where she was joined by the likes of Love Island’s Georgia Harrison and Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe, Tina wore a grey mini skirt with a white blouse and a black blazer.
She shielded her eyes with a pair of oversized cat-eye sunglasses and topped off her outfit with heeled boots.
Tina O’Brien, 40, looked chic while heading out to an event on Saturday as she was seen for the first time since being cleared after being caught up in shocking brawl
She was seen with Love Island star Georgia Harrison (left) who flaunted her toned stomach in a white crop top, while Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe (right) wore a black leather jacket over a cropped top and some casual jeans
Posing for photos at the event, Tina put the drama behind her and flashed a smile for the cameras.
She was seen with Love Island star Georgia Harrison who flaunted her toned stomach in a white crop top and jacket which she teamed with some comfortable tracksuit bottoms, while Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe wore a black leather jacket over a cropped top and some casual jeans.
Two weeks ago it was revealed that 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 on the popular soap, was trying to defend her home, with neighbours saying rival groups of girls ‘pre-arranged’ the fight outside.
In an update, Police are said to have concluded that the soap star was ‘acting in self-defence.’
A source told The Sun: ‘Police have concluded Tina acted in self-defence and hasn’t done anything wrong. Her version has always been she was defending her home and her family, and that appears to have been accepted.’
They added: ‘Tina is also tiny and not an aggressive person so is not the kind to be fighting in the street usually. These girls came to 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 was not a good look — in a way she did the right thing.’
MailOnline has contacted Tina’s representatives for comment.
The Coronation Street actress was punched during the fight on March 15 outside her £1 million home in upmarket Bramhall, Greater Manchester
Attending the Holly Moor Self development event in Old Trafford, Manchester, Tina wore a grey mini skirt with a white blouse and a black blazer
Posing for photos at the event, Tina put the drama behind her and flashed a smile for the cameras
Reality star Georgia posed up a storm as she arrived at the event to mingle with her celebrity pals
The television personality wore some gold earrings and necklaces to match the metallic gold bag she carried with her
Soap star Jennifer hooked her sunglasses over the neckline of her grey crop top as she posed on arrival
(L-R) Tina stood alongside Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan who had her arm wrapped around Geogia
MTV star Holly wore a grey top which tied at the waist and left her stomach on show, which she teamed with a figure-hugging black dress
Television presenter Gethin Jones, 46, donned smart but casual attire as he posed at the event this weekend
The actress ran out of her house as a brawl broke out on her quiet street at around 8pm on Friday, March 15.
At the start of the footage obtained by The Sun, Tina, who was wearing a black and white striped top and pink jogging bottoms, can be seen trying to calm tensions between two female youths.
One can be heard saying: ‘You’ve touched my mum.’
Tina can be heard urging one of the girls to release their hold on the other, saying: ‘Let go of her…. stop. Let go of her, I just said stop. Let go of her.’
The footage goes on to show the teenage girls kicking each other, and then Tina who wades in to break up the fight.
The pair are seen wrestling with each other and with Tina, who briefly gets the girl in a headlock.
The girls are seen getting her hair pulled and being punched.
A girl with blonde hair then gets involved shouting ‘who the f*** do you [think you] actually are, touching my mum!’
This then sparks another wrestling match between the two teens, with the Coronation Street star caught in the middle.
The footage then cuts out and when it restarts shows a melee involving the actress and three girls.
A source told The Sun in the days after the brawl: ‘Tina went straight to meet her Corrie bosses this morning.
‘She told them she was the victim here, and they have accepted that. They also think the incident has traumatised her so have been very sympathetic.’
Two weeks ago it was revealed that she had been ‘cleared’ after being caught up in the shocking brawl involving teenage girls, according to a new report (pictured in June 2023)
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 on Coronation Street in 1999 and since then had two stints playing the character Sarah Barlow (pictured here with Helen Worth playing Gail Platt)
The source said the actress, who has also appeared in Waterloo Road and Strictly Come Dancing, had been trying to ‘break things up’.
They said: ‘Watching her on 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 has won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards twice, was ‘defending herself’.
‘Tina has been plagued by problems near her house and, on this occasion, came out to try to deal with it,’ the source said.
‘Some girls travelled to her road and were close to her house so she felt 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 has reported to the police.’
In addition to the mother-of-two contacting the police, a relative of one of the children is also believed to have got in touch with officers.
The soap-star is now living in fear of reprisals after the brawl and is increasing security around the home she shares with her husband Adam Crofts – a personal trainer – and their two children.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said at the time: ‘Officers are investigating reports of an assault in Stockport between 8pm and 9pm on 15 March.’
The mother of one of the teen girls involved in the fight claimed the group had been looking for trouble after a fall-out over a boy. She also claimed that Tina had defended her daughter.
She said: ‘Tina has been pretty brave in stepping in. Tina is only little herself and she was defending my daughter, so I am extremely grateful to her.
‘You can hear in her voice on the video that she is frightened. This is also not like her, and she is a really good person.
‘I have thanked her and would have done the same if it was my house.’
Despite claims by the actress that he street has been plagued by anti-social behaviour, neighbours of the Coronation Street star have told of their shock after the actress was attacked.
They claim the star’s home has not been targeted by anti-social behaviour yobs in the past with some believing rival girls struck during a pre-arranged fight.
Neighbour Derek Crookes, 71, said: ‘It was a real surprise when I saw the video. Tina’s lovely and there’s been no trouble here, certainly not girls or lads targeting her house.
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 has also appeared in Waterloo Road and Strictly Come Dancing, had been trying to ‘break things up’ when the teenagers turned on her
‘It’s very quiet here, that’s one of the attractions of living here. We don’t have this sort of trouble such as fighting in the street.’
There is no suggestion Ms O’Brien had any role in organising the fight.
Another neighbour said: ‘It’s shocking to see Tina scraping as there’s been no trouble with teenagers here in the past.
‘The rumour is that these girls are from a rougher part of Stockport. It must have been an organised fight.’