The Fox Sports co-host and Daily Telegraph journalist clashed with another man outside a restaurant in Sydney’s inner west. Both have now been charged by police.
journalist Paul Kent has been charged with affray over a street fight in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday night.
The criminal charge for affray is more serious than common assault and has a maximum jail sentence of 10 years.“About 11.20pm on Saturday 27 April 2024, two men allegedly engaged in a verbal argument before they became involved in a physical altercation outside a restaurant on Evans Street, Rozelle,” the police statement said.
“He was charged with one count of affray. The 54-year-old was granted bail to appear before Downing Centre Local Court on Friday 24 May 2024.”Vision of the altercation taken on a phone camera and distributed on social media showed Kent accusing another man of making an insulting remark towards him as he walked past Totti’s Restaurant, a venue within the Three Weeds hotel.
He had been drinking at the Sackville Hotel, which is also in Rozelle, since early afternoon on Saturday. Returning to his Lilyfield home on Wednesday with his lawyer George Elias, Kent declined to give his version of events on the weekend.
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