A mass brawl that broke out between guests at a posh wedding has ended with three brothers in handcuffs after the alleged attack by a senior police officer.
Brothers Khalil Bou-Elias, known as Michael Radd, Khalid Bou-Elias, known as Cain Malice, and Richard Bou-Elias, have been charged following an alleged brawl at the lavish wedding reception at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Hyde Park on Saturday night.
The Glenwood brothers were charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and arguing during the lavish reception with smoke machines and fireworks.
Both Radd, 43, and Malice, 47, applied for and paid bail at Parramatta’s local court on Sunday – with the pair being questioned by the media after spending the night in jail.
Radd bizarrely asked reporters for a ride home at one point while he and Malice were being grilled about what sparked the alleged brawl outside Surry Hills Police Centre.
A lavish wedding turned into chaos with three brothers accused of getting into a brawl and assaulting a police officer
The extravagant wedding took place Saturday at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Hyde Park (pictured).
“Are you going to give me a ride home or something?” an apparently annoyed Radd asked 9News reporter Ruth Wynn-Williams as she followed him down the street.
“Are you going to give me a ride home?”
Earlier, Radd defended himself and his brothers while addressing waiting TV crews.
“Family that fight together, stay together,” he said.
He later added, “It was a shocking way to end the night, but it wasn’t my fault.”
The third brother Richard, 35, did not attempt bail and remains in police custody.
He was charged with assaulting a police officer causing actual bodily harm, while Radd and Malice were charged with assault without causing bodily harm.
One of the accused brothers Khalil Bou-Elias, known as Michael Radd (pictured), 43, bizarrely asked reporters for a ride home after he was released from police custody
Both Radd and Malice, 47, applied for and paid bail at Parramatta local court on Sunday before being questioned by the media outside Surry Hills Police Center
The wild alleged brawl at the lavish wedding venue took place between a number of guests and, according to court documents, involved “pushing, shoving and fighting.”
The court also heard that the brawl became ‘extremely violent’.
Public Order and Riot Squad officers, along with uniformed police, were called to the Sheraton Grand Hotel to break up the brawl.
The three brothers reportedly left the venue just as officers arrived.
Police allege the brothers then assaulted a 32-year-old officer at the scene and resisted arrest.
The officer deployed his taser before arresting the brothers.
A brawl between some of the guests took place at the wedding before public order and riot police officers and uniformed police were called to the hotel
The police are said to have met the three brothers when they arrived at the scene. It is alleged that the trio then assaulted a senior officer, 32, who was forced to deploy a taser
He was then transported to Saint Vincent Hospital in a stable condition.
“Police officer was injured. He definitely has some injuries to his face, but he’s fine,” NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon told reporters.
Officers believe alcohol was “involved” in the alleged brawl at the wedding, but they have been unable to determine what sparked the fight.
Radd and Malice’s bail conditions include three-weekly police reporting and abstinence from alcohol.
In court, the prosecution vehemently opposed Radd’s release from police custody.
In court, the prosecutor opposed the release of Radd (pictured downtown walking with police) from police custody, saying he was ‘at risk of seriously offending and endangering the community’
He claimed that Radd was “at risk of seriously offending and endangering the community.”
“He actively fought the police, they had to deploy a taser to control him – this is not an example of obedience,” the prosecutor claimed.
Radd’s attorney denied the allegations.
All three brothers will appear before the Downing Center Local Court in Sydney next week.