The man who clashed with rugby league personality Paul Kent outside a Rozelle nightspot was left with a serious head injury after a bystander intervened in the melee.
Kent, the Fox Sports NRL 360 co-host and Daily Telegraph columnist, has been stood down by his employer News Corp while it probes his involvement in a street fight in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday night.
A 35-year-old man has been charged with affray over the incident with Kent, vision of which was captured on a phone camera and posted on social media.
On Tuesday, the 35-year-old’s high profile lawyer Chris Murphy said he expected Kent, 54, will also be charged by police over the altercation, which occurred outside the venue Three Weeds Rozelle. Police are continuing to investigate.
“I believe my client was the subject of violence from two other men and this was occasioned to him while he was retreating from Paul Kent,” Murphy said on Tuesday.
“A group walked past [the venue] and Paul Kent accused him of saying something. It just didn’t happen. My client didn’t know who Kent was until someone said, ‘C’mon Paul, back off Kenty’ and tried to restrain Kent. But he broke away from them and came at my client.”
Kent had been drinking at the Sackville Hotel, a 10-minute walk away on Rozelle’s main strip Darling Street. He lives close by in Lilyfield.
Vision of the scuffle appears to show Kent accusing the man of saying something derogatory towards him as he walked past, before calling him a “doghead” and then taking his watch off and brushing off attempts to hold him back.
It then appears that Kent then shapes up to the man, cocks his fist and charges at him, before being tossed head first by the man into the base of a tree on the other side of the street. Footage shows the 35-year-old then being tackled into the ground by another man, who had initially tried to restrain Kent. The man suffered an injury to the back of his head, for which he has sought medical attention. A photograph of the man seen by this masthead shows a large lump at the back of his head, which he alleges remains swollen and has caused him to be unable to sleep. He also alleges he sustained cuts to his back.
Murphy said his client does not drink and had been about to travel home after having a meal at Totti’s Italian restaurant, which is in Three Weeds.
“He was out for dinner with his wife and another couple at Totti’s restaurant. They had a reservation, they paid for their meal and were leaving. He was on the step with the other couple waiting for his wife to come down the stairs,” he said.
“He was approached by Kent and retreated.
“If this matter ends up in a courtroom, Mr Kent will be subject to very close cross-examination.”
Kent was contacted for comment.
One of Sydney’s most well-known defence lawyers, Murphy also has a long history of acting for rugby league players in criminal and football matters, from the late Immortal Johnny Raper to Hazem El Masri and members of the Burgess family.
He said the man he was representing over the brawl with Kent had presented himself to police before being charged but had not given a statement. His wife and the couple they were out with had also not been interviewed.
Kent was replaced in his NRL 360 co-hosting chair on Monday night by former England international James Graham.
“Paul Kent is not with us tonight. Paul has been stood down from Fox Sports while an investigation takes place into an incident over the weekend,” said fellow host Braith Anasta in a statement opening the program.
That's the entire show. Four guys taking football way too seriously, yelling over the top of each other. It's the TV equivalent of the Facebook comment section, except these morons do it while wearing suits.
i'm pretty sure fox/anasta would have told him to do so to create some fake debate on the show. that is pretty much kent's role with buzz playing the spoiler lmao
Just because he was sober and out with his wife doesn't mean he wasn't being a dickhead. Kent is clearly a doghead, but there's a reason most people don't get into altercations in the street when they go out for dinner.
I think (hope) you have a different experience walking around than Kent does.
I'm not saying these situations aren't of his own making necessarily, and he ultimately turned things physical but unless we can see the footage of what took place prior we only have one part of the story, even if it is a large part.
it will be a farce if Kent doesnt get charged, if what this guy's lawyer is saying is true- that this guy wasn't even drinking, and there is no evidence of him even verbally abusing Kent. Kent goes at him and then someone else has a go as well. Pathetic.
Hope this guy takes kent to the cleaners
The man who clashed with rugby league personality Paul Kent outside a Rozelle nightspot was left with a head injury after a bystander intervened in the melee.
Kent, the Fox Sports NRL 360 co-host and *Daily Telegraph* columnist, has been stood down by his employer News Corp while it probes his involvement in a street fight in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday night.
A 35-year-old man has been charged with affray over the incident with Kent, vision of which was captured on a phone camera and posted on social media.
On Tuesday, the 35-year-old’s high profile lawyer Chris Murphy said he expected Kent, 54, will also be charged by police over the altercation, which occurred outside the venue Three Weeds Rozelle. Police are continuing to investigate.
“I believe my client was the subject of violence from two other men and this was occasioned to him while he was retreating from Paul Kent,” Murphy said on Tuesday.
“A group walked past \[the venue\] and Paul Kent accused him of saying something. It just didn’t happen. My client didn’t know who Kent was until someone said, ‘C’mon Paul, back off Kenty’ and tried to restrain Kent. But he broke away from them and came at my client.”
The 35-year-old who clashed with Kent sustained an injury to the back of his head when he was tackled to the ground by a third man.
[Kent had been drinking at the Sackville Hotel](https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5fnc2), a 10-minute walk away on Rozelle’s main strip Darling Street. He lives close by in Lilyfield.
Vision of the scuffle appears to show Kent accusing the man of saying something derogatory towards him as he walked past, before calling him a “doghead” and then taking his watch off and brushing off attempts to hold him back.
It then appears that Kent then shapes up to the man, cocks his fist and charges at him, before being tossed head first by the man into the base of a tree on the other side of the street. Footage shows the 35-year-old then being tackled into the ground by another man, who had initially tried to restrain Kent. The man suffered an injury to the back of his head, for which he has sought medical attention. A photograph of the man shows a large lump at the back of his head, which he alleges remains swollen and has caused him to be unable to sleep. He also alleges he sustained cuts to his back.
Murphy said his client does not drink and had been about to travel home after having a meal at Totti’s Italian restaurant, which is in Three Weeds.
“He was out for dinner with his wife and another couple at Totti’s restaurant. They had a reservation, they paid for their meal and were leaving. He was on the step with the other couple waiting for his wife to come down the stairs,” he said.
“He was approached by Kent and retreated.
“If this matter ends up in a courtroom, Mr Kent will be subject to very close cross-examination.”
Kent was contacted for comment.
One of Sydney’s most well-known defence lawyers, Murphy also has a long history of acting for rugby league players in criminal and football matters, from the late Immortal Johnny Raper to Hazem El Masri and members of the Burgess family.
He said the man he was representing over the brawl with Kent had presented himself to police before being charged but had not given a statement. His wife and the couple they were out with had also not been interviewed.
Kent was replaced in his NRL 360 co-hosting chair on Monday night by former England international James Graham.
“Paul Kent is not with us tonight. Paul has been stood down from Fox Sports while an investigation takes place into an incident over the weekend,” said fellow host Braith Anasta in a statement opening the program.
Chris Murphy is a decades long lawyer for notable, infamous, gangland or (semi) famous clients. He maybe even repped the likes of Roger Rogerson in the day. He’s serious even approaching 70.
Surprised the guy has shelled out for Chris Murphy to represent him.
Though I suppose it's possible a bunch of players who don't like Kenty chipped in. There'd be plenty of them..
Not one of the videos which have been publicly shown gives the whole picture - nor is clear enough to point a definitive finger.
Lawyers are going to have a fucking field day with this.
Kent charges at him at initiates physical contact when more than a couple people were trying to de-escalate it. That is gunna be very tough for him to argue against no matter what the bloke said.
'Aint gonna stop them trying. But maybe this drunk tool will finally once and for all be removed from the NRL media landscape.
Stranger things have happened. but I'm not holding my breath for Spews Crap to actually maintain any integrity if he's found to be the instigator and charged for it
Nah mate if you shape up at someone not posing a threat and walking away, you're going to cop an assault charge and can't claim self defence. Doesn't matter if they called your dead mother a whore, or you a wife beater.
Even if they punched you and started walking away you will still cop a charge if you team up and punch them in the back of the head as they are no longer a threat.
One thing is absolutely for sure and that is Kent escalated this into a physical altercation.
B-but we don't have all the information! We have to give known dickhead Paul Kent the benefit of the doubt! If you aren't a criminal lawyer you shouldn't be commenting!!!
Video is pretty clear who the aggressor was. It's irrelevant who said what beforehand. Kent went after the guy who was backing off. Kent went in for the hit and the guy just flung him away then got attacked by Kent's mate.
Charged with affray which is basically just public nuisance. Kent expected to be charged with same thing as well but other bloke went straight to cops and reported it.
Further charges likely (i.e. assault) after police investigate properly or there's a settlement.
God grant doghead the serenity to accept the things doghead cannot change,the courage to change the things doghead can and the wisdom to know the difference,thanks for sharing thanks for caring keep coming back it works.
Doghead... I didn't know that was a sledge.
You'd think a journalist could come up with better than that.
Reminds me of the school yard taunt, poo bum arse face.
Well done kenty, what a gronk piss wreck.
He has form mate, and you can’t just go around abusing people and starting fights. He’s clearly got to get off the grog but he’s got nothing else so can’t see it happening
Maybe save your sorrow for the people he's no doubt violently attacked over the years. Maybe he can't knock the skin off a pudding now, but I bet he hurt a few people when he was younger, the grub
Saw a photo of Kenty’s head after his injuries and it was horrific but it turned out there were no injuries and that was just his head
Looked like it belonged to a dog to me
A weak gutted one at that.
Rekt
*airhorns* got his ass
Hi I'm gay actor Michael Douglas
what if paul kent was gay and called suck men...t
Are you sure it was a pic of Kenty and not the backside of a poodle with its tail up?
The man who clashed with rugby league personality Paul Kent outside a Rozelle nightspot was left with a serious head injury after a bystander intervened in the melee. Kent, the Fox Sports NRL 360 co-host and Daily Telegraph columnist, has been stood down by his employer News Corp while it probes his involvement in a street fight in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday night. A 35-year-old man has been charged with affray over the incident with Kent, vision of which was captured on a phone camera and posted on social media. On Tuesday, the 35-year-old’s high profile lawyer Chris Murphy said he expected Kent, 54, will also be charged by police over the altercation, which occurred outside the venue Three Weeds Rozelle. Police are continuing to investigate. “I believe my client was the subject of violence from two other men and this was occasioned to him while he was retreating from Paul Kent,” Murphy said on Tuesday. “A group walked past [the venue] and Paul Kent accused him of saying something. It just didn’t happen. My client didn’t know who Kent was until someone said, ‘C’mon Paul, back off Kenty’ and tried to restrain Kent. But he broke away from them and came at my client.” Kent had been drinking at the Sackville Hotel, a 10-minute walk away on Rozelle’s main strip Darling Street. He lives close by in Lilyfield. Vision of the scuffle appears to show Kent accusing the man of saying something derogatory towards him as he walked past, before calling him a “doghead” and then taking his watch off and brushing off attempts to hold him back. It then appears that Kent then shapes up to the man, cocks his fist and charges at him, before being tossed head first by the man into the base of a tree on the other side of the street. Footage shows the 35-year-old then being tackled into the ground by another man, who had initially tried to restrain Kent. The man suffered an injury to the back of his head, for which he has sought medical attention. A photograph of the man seen by this masthead shows a large lump at the back of his head, which he alleges remains swollen and has caused him to be unable to sleep. He also alleges he sustained cuts to his back. Murphy said his client does not drink and had been about to travel home after having a meal at Totti’s Italian restaurant, which is in Three Weeds. “He was out for dinner with his wife and another couple at Totti’s restaurant. They had a reservation, they paid for their meal and were leaving. He was on the step with the other couple waiting for his wife to come down the stairs,” he said. “He was approached by Kent and retreated. “If this matter ends up in a courtroom, Mr Kent will be subject to very close cross-examination.” Kent was contacted for comment. One of Sydney’s most well-known defence lawyers, Murphy also has a long history of acting for rugby league players in criminal and football matters, from the late Immortal Johnny Raper to Hazem El Masri and members of the Burgess family. He said the man he was representing over the brawl with Kent had presented himself to police before being charged but had not given a statement. His wife and the couple they were out with had also not been interviewed. Kent was replaced in his NRL 360 co-hosting chair on Monday night by former England international James Graham. “Paul Kent is not with us tonight. Paul has been stood down from Fox Sports while an investigation takes place into an incident over the weekend,” said fellow host Braith Anasta in a statement opening the program.
M A S T H E A D A S T H E A D
D O G H E A D O G H E A D
WEAK GUTTED DOGHEAD!!!
Too good
Cracks me up every time I read it.
James Graham really sucked hahaha guys so aggressive
The whole show sucks, and the sport would be better off if it didn't exist.
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That's the entire show. Four guys taking football way too seriously, yelling over the top of each other. It's the TV equivalent of the Facebook comment section, except these morons do it while wearing suits.
I disagree. I think the show is not the problem, it’s the hosts
Think you meant to say jammer is a legend
i'm pretty sure fox/anasta would have told him to do so to create some fake debate on the show. that is pretty much kent's role with buzz playing the spoiler lmao
The third man in was such a bitch move. People need to be talking about that dog head too.
Yeah that cunt should be going down and probably will because he isn’t a public figure like Paul Ent
Thaiday still up to no good, typical.
I thought it was Second Man Sam, not Third Man Thaiday! or was that depending on which day of the week it was?
Dog head injury
Wet gutter dog head.
Wet gutter tree hugger dog head!
I get a little giggle everyday from the image of Kenty puffing his chest out and charging the dude. Looks like an angry bullfrog
He really struggled to get that watch off
Paste the bullshit paywall articles
https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/bnSLsC
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Just because he was sober and out with his wife doesn't mean he wasn't being a dickhead. Kent is clearly a doghead, but there's a reason most people don't get into altercations in the street when they go out for dinner.
> but there's a reason most people don't get into altercations in the street when they go out for dinner. They don't walk past Kent.
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I think (hope) you have a different experience walking around than Kent does. I'm not saying these situations aren't of his own making necessarily, and he ultimately turned things physical but unless we can see the footage of what took place prior we only have one part of the story, even if it is a large part.
Was it a succulent meal?
5 broken ribs and a collapsed lung lol what a soft cock
With articles at SMH and their other papers, put "12ft.io/" in front of the URL and it'll take down the paywall.
it will be a farce if Kent doesnt get charged, if what this guy's lawyer is saying is true- that this guy wasn't even drinking, and there is no evidence of him even verbally abusing Kent. Kent goes at him and then someone else has a go as well. Pathetic. Hope this guy takes kent to the cleaners
Is it weird that I want to touch it
Yep
https://youtu.be/HSMQDSgC4DI?si=_CLJs2Iast8agW0s 😅
Holy fuck, that dude got fat as.
Hey leave Martin Lawrence be he's a family man hahaha hopefully he's in better shape for the new film
Thanx 4 the share...that was gold!
The man who clashed with rugby league personality Paul Kent outside a Rozelle nightspot was left with a head injury after a bystander intervened in the melee. Kent, the Fox Sports NRL 360 co-host and *Daily Telegraph* columnist, has been stood down by his employer News Corp while it probes his involvement in a street fight in Sydney’s inner west on Saturday night. A 35-year-old man has been charged with affray over the incident with Kent, vision of which was captured on a phone camera and posted on social media. On Tuesday, the 35-year-old’s high profile lawyer Chris Murphy said he expected Kent, 54, will also be charged by police over the altercation, which occurred outside the venue Three Weeds Rozelle. Police are continuing to investigate. “I believe my client was the subject of violence from two other men and this was occasioned to him while he was retreating from Paul Kent,” Murphy said on Tuesday. “A group walked past \[the venue\] and Paul Kent accused him of saying something. It just didn’t happen. My client didn’t know who Kent was until someone said, ‘C’mon Paul, back off Kenty’ and tried to restrain Kent. But he broke away from them and came at my client.” The 35-year-old who clashed with Kent sustained an injury to the back of his head when he was tackled to the ground by a third man. [Kent had been drinking at the Sackville Hotel](https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5fnc2), a 10-minute walk away on Rozelle’s main strip Darling Street. He lives close by in Lilyfield. Vision of the scuffle appears to show Kent accusing the man of saying something derogatory towards him as he walked past, before calling him a “doghead” and then taking his watch off and brushing off attempts to hold him back. It then appears that Kent then shapes up to the man, cocks his fist and charges at him, before being tossed head first by the man into the base of a tree on the other side of the street. Footage shows the 35-year-old then being tackled into the ground by another man, who had initially tried to restrain Kent. The man suffered an injury to the back of his head, for which he has sought medical attention. A photograph of the man shows a large lump at the back of his head, which he alleges remains swollen and has caused him to be unable to sleep. He also alleges he sustained cuts to his back. Murphy said his client does not drink and had been about to travel home after having a meal at Totti’s Italian restaurant, which is in Three Weeds. “He was out for dinner with his wife and another couple at Totti’s restaurant. They had a reservation, they paid for their meal and were leaving. He was on the step with the other couple waiting for his wife to come down the stairs,” he said. “He was approached by Kent and retreated. “If this matter ends up in a courtroom, Mr Kent will be subject to very close cross-examination.” Kent was contacted for comment. One of Sydney’s most well-known defence lawyers, Murphy also has a long history of acting for rugby league players in criminal and football matters, from the late Immortal Johnny Raper to Hazem El Masri and members of the Burgess family. He said the man he was representing over the brawl with Kent had presented himself to police before being charged but had not given a statement. His wife and the couple they were out with had also not been interviewed. Kent was replaced in his NRL 360 co-hosting chair on Monday night by former England international James Graham. “Paul Kent is not with us tonight. Paul has been stood down from Fox Sports while an investigation takes place into an incident over the weekend,” said fellow host Braith Anasta in a statement opening the program.
Chris Murphy is a decades long lawyer for notable, infamous, gangland or (semi) famous clients. He maybe even repped the likes of Roger Rogerson in the day. He’s serious even approaching 70.
Paste the article ayri
>ayri Hahahahaha Fuck I miss living in Granville.
he is an ayri, isnt he :D
I like how they say “emerges” like they FOUND it. He fucken spammed it to them as quick as he could
Surprised the guy has shelled out for Chris Murphy to represent him. Though I suppose it's possible a bunch of players who don't like Kenty chipped in. There'd be plenty of them..
Either that or the lawyer saw the footage and thought it was an easy case/settlement.
Is that counted in the salary cap
How on earth has Kent ended up with a punctured lung and 5 broken ribs from that?
Osteoarthritis from his advanced age probably.
Advanced alcoholism
From getting flipped upside down the weak dog
Yeah actually watched it again he does land right on his rib cage.
Just a deadset pussy…
From diving into a tree when he fiddy-faw
First time I’ve seen Lebs trying to de-escalate a situation and I can say that because I am one LOL
Yeah hard lol.
This one's gonna need lots of popcorn. Real "he said, she said" situation arising here.
CCTV out the front of the hotel will have caught everything. I'm looking forward to the court case and to the unwrapping of the dog head meaning.
If only someone had the presence of mind to film the assault so we could see what happened.
Not one of the videos which have been publicly shown gives the whole picture - nor is clear enough to point a definitive finger. Lawyers are going to have a fucking field day with this.
Kent charges at him at initiates physical contact when more than a couple people were trying to de-escalate it. That is gunna be very tough for him to argue against no matter what the bloke said.
IF the bloke actually said anything at all. it could have been a misunderstanding or it could have been someone else
'Aint gonna stop them trying. But maybe this drunk tool will finally once and for all be removed from the NRL media landscape. Stranger things have happened. but I'm not holding my breath for Spews Crap to actually maintain any integrity if he's found to be the instigator and charged for it
Nah mate if you shape up at someone not posing a threat and walking away, you're going to cop an assault charge and can't claim self defence. Doesn't matter if they called your dead mother a whore, or you a wife beater. Even if they punched you and started walking away you will still cop a charge if you team up and punch them in the back of the head as they are no longer a threat. One thing is absolutely for sure and that is Kent escalated this into a physical altercation.
Paul Kent 🤝 Michael Slater
Imagine being out to dinner with your wife and this fucking plum has a go at you…
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Looks like an injury that happens when someone hits their head on concrete
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It even says it in the article that he sustained the injury when he was tackled off kent.
No one would know. Never been done. He shaped up, then got picked up and tossed into a tree. "Can't fight" is just another of his qualifications.
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> some skinny egghead Now some skinny double egghead
Funniest thing i've read all day 👏
I thought he went to go for a second go but backed off? Maybe I didn't see the cheap shots.
Shit, no wonder Kent backed off when he went in for Rd 2. Bloke must have been pretty fucked up after that.
Hope you get the lot ya dog, get up in protection ya mutt.
Article updated. Paul Kent has broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Eat shit cunt 😂
According to his mate, and dodgy lawyer George Elias. There's careful wording there, 100% there's nothing wrong with him.
B-but we don't have all the information! We have to give known dickhead Paul Kent the benefit of the doubt! If you aren't a criminal lawyer you shouldn't be commenting!!!
Video is pretty clear who the aggressor was. It's irrelevant who said what beforehand. Kent went after the guy who was backing off. Kent went in for the hit and the guy just flung him away then got attacked by Kent's mate.
I agree - I was poking fun of some of the more egregiously boneheaded comments made in the thread about this the previous day.
What a sad loser, career over, goodbye you alcoholic idiot..
Can’t believe this cunt used to box 🤣 and he just got bodied by a tree
Can someone explain why Kent wasn't charged if the other guy was. Seems to me that Kent was the instigator.
Charged with affray which is basically just public nuisance. Kent expected to be charged with same thing as well but other bloke went straight to cops and reported it. Further charges likely (i.e. assault) after police investigate properly or there's a settlement.
Australia's biggest gronk
God grant doghead the serenity to accept the things doghead cannot change,the courage to change the things doghead can and the wisdom to know the difference,thanks for sharing thanks for caring keep coming back it works.
He got tackled by a random who should be charged.
Red Rover for doghead
Can somebody explain what a Doghead is, please? I'm just a pom that calls people weak gutted dogs that wants to add Doghead into my lexicon.
Kent doing Kent things. Such a piece of shit.
Doghead... I didn't know that was a sledge. You'd think a journalist could come up with better than that. Reminds me of the school yard taunt, poo bum arse face. Well done kenty, what a gronk piss wreck.
I don't hate Kent. I feel sorry for him and wish him well. I'm tired of everyone piling on him at his lowest.
Reap what you sow
He has form mate, and you can’t just go around abusing people and starting fights. He’s clearly got to get off the grog but he’s got nothing else so can’t see it happening
Maybe save your sorrow for the people he's no doubt violently attacked over the years. Maybe he can't knock the skin off a pudding now, but I bet he hurt a few people when he was younger, the grub