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EXCLUSIVE: Andrew O’Keefe’s lawyer claims his doctor girlfriend has ‘a lot to answer for’ and says he ‘WASN’T the aggressor’ – as it can be revealed police rushed him to hospital just hours after releasing him on bail
- Andrew O’Keefe’s lawyer claims his girlfriend has ‘a lot to answer for’
- Police and paramedics attended the home of Andrew O’Keefe following incident
- Seven star is accused of assaulting his girlfriend Dr Orly Lavee on Saturday night
- The Chase host was arrested about 3.30am on Sunday morning and charged
- O’Keefe was released on bail – only for emergency to be called hours later
- Neighbour claims to have seen him in handcuffs led to back of an ambulance
- For confidential crisis support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14
A lawyer for TV presenter Andrew O’Keefe has claimed his doctor girlfriend ‘has a lot to answer for’ – as it can be revealed the Seven host had a second encounter with police hours after he allegedly assaulted her.
O’Keefe’s solicitor, Claudette Chua, appeared briefly at a court in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Thursday to defend the star from claims he assaulted girlfriend Dr Orlee Lavee on Saturday evening.
‘I have had the opportunity to review the facts of the matter and I will say this: Mr O’Keefe certainly was not the aggressor in this situation and Dr Lavee will have a lot to answer for,’ Ms Chau said outside court.
It comes as Daily Mail Australia can reveal police and paramedics attended O’Keefe’s home on Sunday evening just hours after he was charged and granted police bail for allegedly assaulting Dr Lavee.
Andrew O’Keefe’s lawyer has claimed his alleged victim ‘has a lot to answer for’ as he fights a common assault charge. Daily Mail Australia can reveal police and paramedics attended his home on Sunday evening and took him to hospital for assessment, hours following the incident at his girlfriend’s Randwick unit
Emergency services were seen at The Chase game show host’s two bedroom unit in Sydney’s Paddington.
A NSW Police source confirmed that O’Keefe was taken to hospital for assessment.
O’Keefe’s defence lawyer Claudette Chua made a statement to media outside court
A neighbour said that the popular Seven Network presenter was seen in the company of police and taken away by an ambulance.
In court documents, police alleged that O’Keefe assaulted his partner between 11pm and 11.30pm on Saturday night.
Police attended Dr Lavee’s Randwick home about 1am, a statement said.
O’Keefe was arrested on a nearby street at 3.30am and taken to Maroubra police station.
There, he was charged with common assault (domestic violence related) at 9.41am, after six hours in custody.
He was granted conditional bail and banned from approaching Dr Lavee under the terms of a provisional apprehended violence order.
The callout to Paddington occurred hours later.
Dr Orly Lavee was allegedly assaulted between 11pm and 11.30pm on Saturday evening
A source close to O’Keefe previously told News Corp that the star was receiving medical treatment in the wake of the weekend’s events.
‘Andrew is receiving medical treatment in the wake of the incident,’ the source was quoted saying.
‘He will be defending the charge.’
O’Keefe has checking into rehab on several occasions recently and was forced to take a break from The Chase after suffering ’emotional exhaustion’.
The former Weekend Sunrise host and his wife Eleanor divorced in 2019 and he made headlines that year for swatting a photographer away with a folder.
But he found a new lover in haemotologist Dr Lavee last year and at one point said he was in a ‘good place’.
Seven confirmed this week that his The Chase contract wasn’t renewed at the end of last year and O’Keefe is ‘no longer with the network’.
The former intellectual property lawyer is perhaps best known as the host of former hit Deal or No Deal.
He is the son of NSW Supreme Court Justice Barry O’Keefe and nephew of rock star Johnny O’Keefe.
Ms Chua said she wasn’t in a position to seek full instructions from O’Keefe about the assault charge ‘at such short notice’. The court case was adjourned for two weeks.
For confidential crisis support, call: Lifeline on 13 11 14. For domestic violence support, call 1800 RESPECT. Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
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