John Barilaro: Former NSW deputy premier is charged over scuffle with a cameraman
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Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro is charged over late night scuffle with a TV cameraman
- Police launched investigation into footage of John Barilaro locked in a scuffle
- Video was taken outside a bar in Manly, Sydney’s northern beaches, on July 23
- Mr Barilaro later revealed he had been out for pizza and drinks with friends
- New footage shows former deputy premier and new girlfriend lunge at camera Pair repeatedly swipe at freelance cameraman who said he was ‘scared’
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Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been charged over a scuffle with a freelance cameraman on Sydney’s northern beaches earlier this year.
NSW Police on Friday served a future attendance of court notice for alleged assault and malicious damage offences on the 51-year-old man, via his legal representatives.
The former politician was involved in the altercation with freelance cameraman Matt Costello outside a bar in Manly on July 3.
John Barilaro has been charged with assault and malicious damage offences after scuffling with a cameraman outside a bar in Manly in July
Footage emerged lase month showing John Barilaro and his new girlfriend allegedly lunging at camera crews after being confronted outside a bar on Sydney’s northern beaches
Footage circulated online showed the pair struggling as they grabbed and pushed one another while Mr Costello tried to film Mr Barilaro, who then walked away.
Mr Barilaro later confirmed the incident, saying he was confronted in the dark outside a bar and felt harassed during a night out with friends.
‘To come out and have a camera shoved in your face. I’m a private citizen,’ he told 2GB in July.
‘All I did was push a camera out of my way. I did not manhandle an individual.’
Mr Barilaro claimed he was being hounded by media after a parliamentary inquiry was launched into his appointment at a lucrative New York trade post, which he stood down from in June following backlash.
‘The reality is people are now piling on, harassing, intruding, not allowing me to get on with my life, I’m a private citizen,’ Mr Barilaro said.
‘They’ve turned up with a cameraman, I don’t know who it was, all I know is you could see a bright light shining in my bl***y face.
‘I’ll tell you what, some of those people who were at dinner with me, they were pushed and barged out of the way.’
Mr Barilaro is expected to appear at Manly Local Court on October 12.