Bombshell as domestic violence assault charge against boxer Harry Garside is dropped Ashley Ruscoe
Bombshell twist as domestic violence charges against boxer Harry Garside are dropped after his ex accused him of assaulting her and the court heard of video showing her as the attacker
- Garside’s case came to court on Wednesday
- Boxer was arrested in dramatic scenes at the airport
- Accused of assaulting his ex, Ashley Ruscoe
Charges against Olympic boxer Harry Garside of assaulting his ex-girlfriend have been dropped after a court was notified of video footage showing her as the alleged aggressor.
The 25-year-old was arrested at Sydney Airport in early May as he was flying home from South Africa after filming I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!
NSW police stopped the boxer, who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, as he made his way to baggage claim and charged him with domestic violence for assault against his former partner Ashley Ruscoe.
Ms Ruscoe had accused him of assaulting her between 4 and 7 pm on 1 March on Bellevue Hill in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Mr Garside appeared in Sydney’s Downing Center Court on Wednesday along with high-profile defamation lawyer Sue Chrysanthou and barrister Rebekah Giles.
The medal-winning boxer was accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Ashley Ruscoe (pictured together at an event last December)
Garside (pictured outside court with his lawyer Sue Chrysanthou, second from right) dated Ruscoe for over 18 months
He sat in the front row of the public gallery next to his lawyers when his case came up.
In an earlier court entry, Ms Chrysanthou told the court that she had made ‘substantial statements’ to the police regarding additional material that the police could not access.
“Particularly a video of the incident in question where we say the complainant is the aggressor,” Ms Chrysanthou said.
“Other material in which she has threatened to go to the police to make false complaints.”
However, police sensationally dropped all charges against Mr Garside in court on Wednesday.
“There should have been no charges in this case, but my client is pleased with the speed with which my friend moved,” Ms Chrysanthou said.
Ruscoe had alleged that Garside assaulted her on March 1 in the exclusive suburb of Bellevue Hill in eastern Sydney
Mr. Garside revealed that he was no longer in a relationship with Ms. Ruscoe, who appeared as a contestant on The Amazing Race in 2019, during his time on I’m a Celebrity.
He was in a relationship with the boxing and martial arts instructor for more than 18 months and was often snapped together by paparazzi.
But speaking to fellow campmates, Mr. Garside said he was thinking about staying single for a while.
Ms. Ruscoe is nine years older than Mr. Garside, and the pair attended the GQ awards together in November.
The 33-year-old began dating the Olympic boxer after splitting from her boyfriend and teammate on The Amazing Race, Sidney Pierucci, in 2019.
The boxer had taken a photo of him and his father before they fled South Africa and uploaded it to Instagram.
“Had to upgrade my best friend to do business with me. His first time flying business,” he wrote on the post.
The pair had been abroad for several weeks while Mr Garside filmed for the Channel 10 reality show won by netball player Liz Ellis.
Mr Garside won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in men’s lightweight boxing and has won seven Australian national boxing championships.