Former champion surfer Jodie Cooper was allegedly held under water during a surf rage attack by surfboard shaper Mark Thomson, a court has heard.
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"He had reached around and grabbed me and pushed me under the water. He just grabbed me with two hands and just forced me under the water," she told Ballina Local Court on Friday."It was like he was standing on top of me and as he was doing that he was pulling my hair." Mr Thomson allegedly said he thought she was a man when she confronted him about the attack, and asked, "Don't you know who I am?"
"I was ashamed. I’ve been bitten by a shark ... I just thought I’ll be strong enough to deal with this and forget about it."
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