Bikie boss Toby Mitchell bashed his socialite mate because MAFS star Stacey Hampton claimed he was talking smack about him, the victim claims.
The Mongols president admitted to drunkenly slapping Anthony Hess, 39, in the head three times outside a Melbourne cafe on October 4.
Embarrassing CCTV footage shows him suddenly attacking Hess before slipping over in his designer slides and needing three friends to haul him to his feet.
Hess at the time told Daily Mail Australia the scuffle was over a ‘misunderstanding’ and he wanted the charges dropped.
But he now reveals the whole debacle was started by the Married At First Sight fan favourite Hampton stirring up trouble.
Hess became Married at First Sight star Stacey Hampton’s best friend until their ugly falling out in July, and took her to meet Mitchell on one of her trips to Melbourne
Hess pictured in hospital where he was treated for a suspected facial fracture, but refused to make a statement to police
He claims his one-time inseparable best friend told Mitchell he had called him a ‘dog’ and a ‘c**t’ behind his back, sending him into a rage.
The pair, who have been close friends for eight years, were drinking outside Gilson cafe in South Yarra with other Mongols including top lieutenant Mark Balsillie.
‘We were all drinking and having a good time, everyone was in good spirits and enjoying the restrictions lifting and the nice weather,’ Hess said.
Mitchell then called Hampton, whom he was friends with via Hess, on FaceTime and the trio briefly caught up on the video chat.
The career criminal then wandered away from Hess and continued to talk to Hampton, before things turned ugly moments later.
‘Toby came up behind me and said “Stacey said you called me a dog and a c**t” and then immediately hit me in the side of the head,’ Hess claimed.
‘I’m still shocked he believed someone he met one or twice through me, over someone he’s known for eight years.
‘Stacey has been spreading rumours about me to my friends for months, she’s obsessed.’
Hess claims claims his one-time inseparable best friend Stacey Hampton (pictured) told Mitchell he had called him a ‘dog’ and a ‘c**t’ behind his back, sending him into a rage
Hess (centre) flew to Los Angeles after Mitchell’s arrest in October and was spotted at the Ritz Carlton hotel with former Neighbours star Scarlet Vas (far right) and socialite Stephanie Mal
Hampton and Hess had been feuding for several months after their very public friendship ended with an ugly falling out in July.
The reality TV star did not respond to requests for comment from Daily Mail Australia.
Hess said after Mitchell hit him he ran out of the cafe onto the road, tripped and fell on to a car.
‘The driver drove me to the hospital, even though I insisted I was okay,’ he said.
He chalked the incident up to a drunken ‘misunderstanding’ between mates on ‘another wild night’ and thought nothing more of it.
‘I was just a drunk hot mess and things had become a bit crazy but I didn’t except the police to be involved and Toby to be charged,’ he said.
‘I asked the police not to charge Toby as we were both drunk and the situation escalated.’
Hess did not make a police statement and jumped on a flight to Los Angeles the day after Mitchell was arrested to avoid being questioned by detectives.
Hess and Mitchell have been close friends for eight years, as seen in this photo from that time
Mitchell shared a video of the view from his South Melbourne flat with the caption ‘from a jail cell to a dream in a day’, and a photo of a wad of cash returned to him in a sealed evidence bag
Hess, who was given special permission to leave Australia despite the travel ban, said he was staying in the U.S. for some time to ‘let the whole thing blow over’.
Detective senior constable Lauren Kane claimed in October that Hess refused to make a statement because he was ‘in fear for his life’.
Police instead seized his medical records, which indicated he was treated for a suspected facial fracture at The Alfred Hospital.
Mitchell pleaded guilty to assault in exchange for charges of affray and intentionally causing injury being dropped.
He also pleaded guilty to a second assault charge over another punch-up in Southbank on November 15 where he was knocked out.
More humiliating video showed the brief fight where a ‘street kid’ dressed like a ‘lumberjack’ knocked Mitchell on his behind – just as the Hess incident ended.
Mitchell was banned from associating with his fellow Mongols or going within 150m of the cafe as a condition of his bail
Mitchell threw a haymaker at the man after picking a fight for no apparent reason, but was punched square in the face and went down like a sack of potatoes.
Police in an earlier court appearance mocked the supposedly fearsome bikie as having a ‘glass jaw’ in being defeated so easily.
The bikie looks set to walk from the embarrassing fracas with little more than a fine if he behaves himself over the next six months and seeks alcohol and anger management treatment.
Magistrate John Bentley agreed to defer sentencing Mitchell until September after Corrections Victoria asked for a month-long adjournment to properly assess him for a community correction order.
Hess famously defeated Roxy Jacenko in court early this year when the PR queen tried to slap him with a restraining order. He is [pictured ‘flossing’ in celebration outside court
Mitchell, who often taunts police and shows off his flashy lifestyle on social media, celebrated his release on bail after his arrest Instagram within hours.
‘Who said you can’t get in trouble during Covid,’ he wrote.
He then shared a video of the view from his South Melbourne flat with the caption ‘from a jail cell to a dream in a day’.
Rap song F**k Tha Police by American group N.W.A played in the background. Another photo showed a wad of cash returned to him in a sealed evidence bag.
Hess famously defeated Roxy Jacenko in court a year ago when the PR queen tried to slap him with a restraining order.
She accused him of writing ‘Roxy is a c**t’ on the wall of her Paddington office after a heated argument at one of her speaking events, which he denied.
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