Police said a reality TV star assaulted a police officer, but she believes she was the one who was attacked and claims it started with harassment from her neighbors.
Nichole Alexander gained national attention on the reality show "Flavor of Love."
Alexander said, since she moved into her Dearborn home, the drama with her neighbors has reached a boiling point.
One neighbor said Alexander doesn’t bother her at all, but others have called police multiple times.
Alexander said her neighbors don’t like her because her family and friends are mostly black. She said they’ve called police just to harass her.
Tuesday night, when several Dearborn police officers arrived to investigate a noise complaint, Alexander claimed an officer grabbed her as she was speaking her mind about feeling harassed.
"He walked up, took the door, opened the door back up. Grabbed me by me neck and I just remember flying down these steps. While I’m falling, I gripped on to him and we fall. Now we wrestling and two more cop guys come and jump on me," she said.
Alexander was arrested for assaulting an officer. She said the fight left her bruised.
"We get to the police station and they’re all inside like, ‘Oh you know who she is right? That’s such and such from the show. We’re going to get good pictures of her,’" said Alexander.
Neighbors, who did not want to be identified, said Alexander and people who visit her home disrespect the neighborhood by speeding up and down the street and with their loud music and other noise.
Alexander and her relatives said neighbors have called police to her home about six times, but police said they only have a record of coming to the home once before. |
