Patriots' Obi Melifonwu's Girlfriend Quits Job After Boss's Alleged Racist Comment About Dating Life
By Michael Luciano
New England Patriots safety Obi Melifonwu's girlfriend, 24-year-old former UConn student Alyssa Okada, was forced to leave her job as a trainer at Platinum Fitness in Fort Myers, Fla. following some shockingly racist comments from one of her her bosses.
In a Facebook post showing a chat between several supervisors at the Platinum Fitness in question, her boss called her "unclean" for dating a black man in Melifonwu.
I’ve been struggling very hard for the past few days to find the words to express how I feel about leaving Platinum...
Posted by Alyssa Okada on Friday, June 14, 2019
"I also choose to LOVE people for who they are. For their character & their soul, not their outward appearance or the color of their skin," Okada said on Facebook.
Shortly after leaving, Okada went to Instagram to continue assailing her former employer. "It's not a f***ing mistake," Okada said. "This is how you feel, this is how you think. You're just sorry you got caught."
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Just a quick note for this manager at Platinum Fitness. Melifonwu is a 25-year-old, 6-4, 225 pound NFL safety. I don't think you want to meet him face to face after deplorable comments like this.