NRL personality Paul Kent had settled in at a pub that has a table reserved for him and his mates. Hours later he was embroiled in a violent altercation that threatens his decades-long media career.
Situated in the TAB section of the popular Darling Street pub, it’s often occupied on Friday and Saturday by high-profile sports journalist and television pundit Paul Kent and a revolving cohort of mates, among them colourful rugby league identity and former player John Elias.So embedded is the group at the watering hole that the table has been permanently set aside for them, marked with a reserved sign, and has usually remained vacant even when none of them are there.
The man he squared up to was on Monday charged with affray by police, whose investigation into the evening was continuing. While he was cleared, there has been concern at Fox Sports about his behaviour for some time and the incident on Saturday night may be one blow too many. when wagers he and Fox Sports personality Bryan Fletcher placed on the eventual winner, Melbourne Storm’s Craig Bellamy, appeared on betting records provided to police. Both were not accused of any wrongdoing in that affair.His presence on television affords him minor celebrity status in Sydney, where rugby league is king, and previous vision spread on social media has demonstrated that he has been baited while out in public, as he claimed to have been on Saturday night.
Another to turn up at Kent’s house was former Olympic boxer Rick Timperi, who competed for Australia at the 1992 Games in Barcelona and in 1996 in Atlanta.
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