A Bronx woman caught on camera sucker-punching a pro-life activist has escaped criminal charges after Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office blew a legal deadline, and instead of showing remorse, she lashed out at her victim again.
Brianna J. Rivers, 30, had been charged with second-degree assault over the April Harlem attack on Savannah Craven Antao, but a judge tossed the case in July when Bragg’s office failed to turn over evidence on time.
“I feel like people with real common sense know exactly what’s going on. She’s just fishing for more clicks and empathy and targeting me for harassment, so yeah, I don’t really feel anything about it,” Rivers told The Post. “I was apologetic to her. I felt sorry about the situation. She wants to continue to just kind of drag it out.”
Craven Antao fired back, saying she never believed Rivers was sorry. “I have dozens of screenshots of her liking comments saying things like, ‘You ain’t hit that girl hard enough,’ … ‘She deserved it 1000% never doubt urself queen!!!’” she said. “Brianna made a rap song about me blaming me for her assaulting me. Someone she knew or followed on Instagram made t-shirts with an emoji face being punched that said, ‘That’s not the point!’”
“Why couldn’t she just walk away? Justice was denied. Shame on Alvin Bragg’s DA office,” the activist added.
Bragg’s office admitted to what it called an “unacceptable error” after the case was shuffled to another prosecutor.
The Chicago-based Thomas More Society is now reviewing the case and preparing a civil lawsuit on Craven Antao’s behalf.
“People need to learn accountability for what is happening in this country over the last year, which is this wave of violence by left-wing activists who think that the appropriate response to an opinion they don’t like is either punching, kicking, assaulting or shooting somebody,” Christopher Ferrara, senior counsel with the Thomas More Society, told The Post.
“This lawsuit is about telling people that there is accountability if you viciously assault somebody because you don’t like what she says. You’re going to suffer the consequences, if not criminally, then civilly.”
The DA’s office also failed to update Craven Antao about the case when the charges were dropped and has since ignored multiple calls and emails from his law firm, he said.
Craven Antao didn’t know the case had been dismissed until she saw her assailant share the news on Instagram. Antao provided an update on social media.
NEW: Pro-life advocate Savannah Craven Antao says charges against the woman who brutally assaulted her on camera have been dismissed by DA Alvin Bragg's office.
Craven Antao was assaulted back in April while conducting a street interview in NYC.
"Brianna J. Rivers was arrested… pic.twitter.com/BhgDJnwUzl
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 25, 2025
“I’m feeling disgusted,” the 23-year-old reporter for advocacy group Live Action said in a phone interview.
Watch the original incident below:
🚨 BREAKING: Alvin Bragg just DROPS all charges against Brianna J. Rivers — who was caught on camera ASSAULTING pro-life advocate Savannah Craven Antao.
Felony ➝ Misdemeanor ➝ NOTHING.😡
Two-tier justice system EXPOSED. pic.twitter.com/XVBxoflVks
— 🦅 Eagle Wings 🦅 (@CRRJA5) September 26, 2025
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