Boxer Harry Garside has broken his silence after the shocking news that his ex-girlfriend had been accused of assaulting him. He stated on social media, “I am perfect exactly where I am now.”
In a video posted to Instagram on Friday morning, the Olympic medalist shared a heartfelt, motivational message to his followers.
“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I know I needed to hear it last week,” he said.
“Of course there is always room to grow and evolve, but I am perfect where I am now. I know my heart is in the right place, I know I’m a good person.’
Garside (pictured right with then-girlfriend Ash Ruscoe) said he was ‘perfect just the way I am now’
On Thursday morning, the Daily Mail Australia exclusively revealed that Garside’s ex-girlfriend Ash Ruscoe had been accused of assaulting and stalking or harassing him at her Bellevue Hill home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
On the same day, the ex-Olympian’s distressed ex-girlfriend rushed to her lawyer’s office and frantically canceled the early morning gym class she teaches after NSW police charged her.
Garside said he made a motivational Instagram video on Friday “because I’m sure someone just had to hear it like me.”
“You are perfectly fine right where you are,” he wrote in a post alongside the video.
“Turn that criticism back into curiosity and watch the self-improvement journey become fun again.”
On Thursday, Daily Mail Australia revealed that Garside’s ex-girlfriend was accused of assaulting and stalking or harassing him
Ash Ruscoe declined to answer questions when approached by Daily Mail Australia in Sydney’s CBD on Thursday
News of the attack comes three months after Ms Ruscoe, a boxing and martial arts instructor, went to the police claiming Garside scared her for her safety.
It was the same day he flew to South Africa to film I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
Garside was charged by police upon his return to Australia, but those charges were dropped in May after video and audio recordings came to light that allegedly told a different story of what happened between the pair.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ms Ruscoe was arrested at her home and taken to Waverley Police Station where she was charged with an alleged domestic violence incident that took place at her property on Wednesday 1 March.
A police spokesman said: “After further investigation, police went to the home in Bellevue Hill around 4.45pm today and arrested a 35-year-old woman.
“She was taken to Waverley Police Station and charged with common assault (DV) and stalking/harassment, intent to cause fear, bodily harm etc.”
Ms Ruscoe was released on bail and sought legal advice from Sydney’s ‘first criminal justice firm’ Streeton Lawyers in the city’s CBD on Thursday, where she later emerged stressed.
She also canceled her regular boxing classes that she teaches at luxury wellness studio Shelter in Double Bay.
Ms Ruscoe remained tight-lipped when approached for comment on the alleged incident.
Ash Rusco rushed to her lawyer’s office and frantically canceled the gym class she teaches in the early morning
Garside also declined to comment on the legal twist.
Last month, the 25-year-old boxer was relieved that the charges against him, and a related assault warrant, had been formally dropped.
Garside said in a statement out of court that he had been informed by the “police prosecutor that they had dropped all cases against me.”
“Today I won my case,” he said.
Garside represented Australia in boxing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, taking bronze in the men’s lightweight division and had since won his first three professional matches.
Ms Ruscoe will appear in Downing Center local court in July.