Richard Pusey faces court charged with assaulting police and stalking
Porsche driver Richard Pusey has faced court accused of assaulting police wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “fake news sellsâ€.
The 43-year-old, who filmed police officers after they were hit by a truck in the aftermath of the fatal Eastern Freeway crash last year, faced court on Thursday after an incident at his home.
Richard Pusey leaves jail in August. Credit:Joe Armao
Police were called to his address following reports of a noise complaint about 4.15am on Wednesday.
He later attended a police station and was charged by Yarra crime investigation unit detectives with four counts of assaulting police and two counts of stalking. He faced court for a filing hearing on Wednesday night and made no application for bail.
On Thursday morning, Pusey appeared briefly before the court via video link from jail. At the beginning of the hearing, he took off his jumper to reveal a white T-shirt with the words “fake news sellsâ€.
His lawyer Manny Nicolosi said his client would not be applying for bail on Thursday as they were arranging for one of Pusey’s clinicians to give evidence as part of the application.
Instead, he plans to apply for bail next week.
Mr Nicolosi said his client was on medication and has had issues with mental health in the past. He asked for Pusey to be seen by a nurse while in custody.
It comes after police responded to a disturbance at his home last week. Officers attended his address on September 8 following reports of yelling and loud music at the address.
Pusey filmed the police officers with his mobile phone in their final moments. He was sentenced in April for outraging public decency and other offences stemming from his driving and conduct on the freeway.
He remained in jail after the sentence on other offences, including assaulting a woman.
In August, Magistrate Hayley Bate ruled that Pusey had done enough jail time for assaulting a woman; two road-rage incidents; sending menacing emails to a bank worker; and smashing a slab of beer in a Fitzroy bottle shop.
She imposed a four-month sentence â€" already served â€" and also ordered an extra two months hang over him for the next two years while he agrees to be of good behaviour and undergoes mental health treatment.
When he was released from jail, he wore an Arabian-style headdress, a face mask with the words “fake news†on it and a shirt with the slogan “Get me Oprah†printed on the front.
He has been banned from working as a mortgage broker for the next decade after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it had revoked his licence for making false statements in credit licence applications and compliance statements between 2011 and 2017.
The commission also banned him on character grounds because he lacked honesty, judgment and had “no regard for the lawâ€.
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Simone Fox Koob is a crime reporter for The Age. Most recently she covered breaking news for The Age, and before that for The Australian in Melbourne.Connect via email.
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