Photo emerges of man’s head injury after Paul Kent altercation

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The antheral who clashed with rugby league property Paul Kent extracurricular a Rozelle nightspot was near with a superior caput wounded aft a bystander intervened successful the melee.

Kent, the Fox Sports NRL 360 co-host and Daily Telegraph columnist, has been stood down by his leader News Corp portion it probes his engagement successful a thoroughfare combat successful Sydney’s interior westbound connected Saturday night.

Paul Kent is held backmost earlier shaping up to a antheral extracurricular Three Weeds Rozelle.

A 35-year-old antheral has been charged with affray implicit the incidental with Kent, imaginativeness of which was captured connected a telephone camera and posted connected societal media.

On Tuesday, the 35-year-old’s precocious illustration lawyer Chris Murphy said helium expected Kent, 54, volition besides beryllium charged by constabulary implicit the altercation, which occurred extracurricular the venue Three Weeds Rozelle. Police are continuing to investigate.

“I judge my lawsuit was the taxable of unit from 2 different men and this was occasioned to him portion helium was retreating from Paul Kent,” Murphy said connected Tuesday.

“A radical walked past [the venue] and Paul Kent accused him of saying something. It conscionable didn’t happen. My lawsuit didn’t cognize who Kent was until idiosyncratic said, ‘C’mon Paul, backmost disconnected Kenty’ and tried to restrain Kent. But helium broke distant from them and came astatine my client.”

The 35-year-old who clashed with Kent sustained an wounded to the backmost of his caput erstwhile helium was tackled to the crushed by a 3rd man.

Kent had been drinking astatine the Sackville Hotel, a 10-minute locomotion distant connected Rozelle’s main portion Darling Street. He lives adjacent by successful Lilyfield.

Vision of the scuffle appears to amusement Kent accusing the antheral of saying thing derogatory towards him arsenic helium walked past, earlier calling him a “doghead” and past taking his ticker disconnected and brushing disconnected attempts to clasp him back.

It past appears that Kent past shapes up to the man, cocks his fist and charges astatine him, earlier being tossed caput archetypal by the antheral into the basal of a histrion connected the different broadside of the street. Footage shows the 35-year-old past being tackled into the crushed by different man, who had initially tried to restrain Kent. The antheral suffered an wounded to the backmost of his head, for which helium has sought aesculapian attention. A photograph of the antheral seen by this masthead shows a ample lump astatine the backmost of his head, which helium alleges remains swollen and has caused him to beryllium incapable to sleep. He besides alleges helium sustained cuts to his back.

Murphy said his lawsuit does not portion and had been astir to question location aft having a repast astatine Totti’s Italian restaurant, which is successful Three Weeds.

“He was retired for meal with his woman and different mates astatine Totti’s restaurant. They had a reservation, they paid for their repast and were leaving. He was connected the measurement with the different mates waiting for his woman to travel down the stairs,” helium said.

“He was approached by Kent and retreated.

“If this substance ends up successful a courtroom, Mr Kent volition beryllium taxable to precise adjacent cross-examination.”

Kent was contacted for comment.

One of Sydney’s astir well-known defence lawyers, Murphy besides has a agelong past of acting for rugby league players successful transgression and shot matters, from the precocious Immortal Johnny Raper to Hazem El Masri and members of the Burgess family.

He said the antheral helium was representing implicit the brawl with Kent had presented himself to constabulary earlier being charged but had not fixed a statement. His woman and the mates they were retired with had besides not been interviewed.

Kent was replaced successful his NRL 360 co-hosting seat connected Monday nighttime by erstwhile England planetary James Graham.

“Paul Kent is not with america tonight. Paul has been stood down from Fox Sports portion an probe takes spot into an incidental implicit the weekend,” said chap big Braith Anasta successful a connection opening the program.