Confronting footage of former televisixjmtzywon host Andrew O’Keefe screaming and shouting from the back of a police van has emerged.
The former ambassador for anti-domestic violence organisation White Ribbon has been charged with six offences over the alleged assault of a woman in Sydney and will face court on Friday.
A photo shows O’Keefe wearing red pants and a dark jumper in the back of a police vehicle.
In a video believed to be O’Keefe, he is heard screaming that he is a “victim of crime”.
He also screamed for officers to “get rid of these journalists”.
Police will allege a violent incident with the woman happened at a Kent St apartment in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon.
O’Keefe, 50, is accused of grabbing a 38-year-old woman by the throat, pushing her to the ground and punching her.
“A verbal argument ensued between the pair, before the man allegedly assaulted the woman,” police said.
“The man allegedly assaulted the woman a second time – punching and kicking her – before she left the unit.”
A police complaint was made on Wednesday and O’Keefe was charged about 4pm on Thursday.
He has been charged with two counts of intentionally choking a person without consent, three counts of common assault, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The former Weekend Sunrise and Deal Or No Deal host left Channel 7 in February last year after his expired contract was not renewed.
O’Keefe was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2017 for “significant service to the broadcast media as a television presenter, and to social welfare and charitable organisations”.
