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Manhattan DA Apologizes After Missed Deadline Ends Case in Viral Assault on Pro-Life Influencer

The victim's legal team says it will pursue damages in civil court following the July dismissal.

Overview

  • Alvin Bragg’s office acknowledged an "unacceptable error" in missing a discovery deadline that led a judge to dismiss the criminal case in July.
  • The Thomas More Society, representing Savannah Craven Antao, says it will file a civil lawsuit to seek damages.
  • NYPD arrested Brianna J. Rivers after video of the April 3 Harlem assault went viral, and the initial second-degree assault charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor, according to the victim’s lawyers.
  • Craven Antao says she was not notified of the dismissal and learned of it from Rivers’ Instagram posts.
  • The attack left Craven Antao with a facial laceration requiring emergency room stitches and about $3,000 in medical bills, while Rivers has asserted she was antagonized and called for release of unedited footage.