Andrew O'Keefe re-arrested hours after court appearance
Troubled former TV host Andrew O’Keefe has been re-arrested just hours after he appeared in court on Wednesday.
The former Deal or No Deal host was charged on Wednesday afternoon with breaching his bail conditions after he had appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court the same morning.
“About 1pm today (Wednesday 7 August 2024), officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command arrested a 52-year-old man at a home in Vaucluse,” police said in a statement.
“It is alleged the man had been breaching his bail conditions.
“He was taken to Waverley Police Station and will appear before Waverley Local Court to have his bail redetermined.”
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O’Keefe was granted bail at the end of July after he was charged with intimidation and breaching an apprehended violence order. He also allegedly returned a positive roadside drug test.
News Corp reported on Wednesday that O’Keefe had told the Downing Centre Local Court there was a “shifting about what was going to be pled to on the other side”.
Hours later, he allegedly breached his bail conditions by contacting the alleged victim of intimidation.
He was picked up at his eastern suburbs home and taken to Waverley Police Station and is expected to appear in Waverley Local Court on Wednesday afternoon.
O’Keefe’s arrest comes after dramatic police bodycam footage emerged of the former TV star being arrested on domestic violence charges in 2021.
In the footage, O’Keefe verbally abuses police officers arresting him for assault and breaching an apprehended violence order as they struggle to restrain him.
Andrew O’Keefe arriving at court last month.Credit: Kate Geraghty
“This is what happens when I don’t have my medication,” O’Keefe shouts at one of the officers after he is informed of the charges against him.
“This is a very simple request. Why are you being such f---ing Nazis about it?”
O’Keefe was found guilty in January of kicking, pushing and spitting at a woman and of possessing 1.6 grams of mephedrone, or meow meow, at a Sydney hotel. He is appealing the convictions.
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