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NRL personality Paul Kent drank 21 schooners before alleged street brawl, court told
BySally Rawsthorne
June 7, 2024 — 11.23am
Rugby league presenter Paul Kent drank 21 schooners before an ugly street brawl outside a Rozelle pub earlier this year, a court has heard.
Video footage in April captured an intoxicated Kent reacting angrily to being insulted by Tamer Uzun as he walked past him, branding Uzun a “doghead” before removing his watch and resisting an effort to subdue him.
Cocking his fists, Kent then charged at the 35-year-old, with whom he traded punches before the clash shifted onto the street in front of the venue and the journalist was flung head-first into the trunk of a roadside tree.
The man he squared up to on Friday appeared briefly in the Downing Centre Local Court on an affray charge, which his lawyer, Bryan Wrench, said he will ask police to withdraw.
“We have obtained a number of CCTV videos, it’s a matter of an affray where we say our client is the victim, he was attacked,” Wrench told the Downing Centre Local Court on Friday morning.
Uzun and Kent will both return to court next month.
Paul Kent, left, gesticulates during the alleged affray, and, inset, the bump left on Uzun’s head
Kent had drunk 21 schooners in the lead-up to the brawl, Wrench told the court.
This masthead has reported that he spent the afternoon of April 27 at his regular table at the Sackville Hotel, before becoming embroiled in the fracas as he made his way towards his Lilyfield home.
A court last month heard that Kent is seeking help for his mental health and drinking.
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A rugby league columnist for The Daily Telegraph and a commentator on Fox Sports’ NRL360, Kent had only returned in March to the flagship Fox Sports panel show after sitting out much of the 2023 season while he defended charges of domestic violence against his former partner.
He was found not guilty in December of choking and assaulting the 33-year-old woman, telling reporters afterwards he was relieved “the truth is out there, finally”.
Last month, he failed in a bid to recoup legal costs from the state.
The article might be missing some key info:
Over a full day, let's say he starts midday, 2 schooners an hour, till what 10pm if that, whatever time at night, fairly possible, also depends how late that fight ended up at... I've had similar drink outs, spanning long early arvo into night drinks, all depends on how much time between drinks too
Me and the lads (back in my mid to late 20s) used to have our annual slabathon. Started at midday used to be it was a BYO slab of carlton draught for the east coast lads and Emu Bitter for the west coast lads. Winner was the first to finish it without a chunder. Not many entrants finished and we didn't always have a winner each year. From my calculations thats roughly 21 schooies. There is no f**king way a midget dingus like Kent is necking 21 schooners without chemical assistance.
From his slurring I wouldn't say he was sitting on them at any point of the night.
Maybe he's delightful but we've never seen him sober?
But it's a mental health issue.
I don't understand the fuss. I've drunk 20 cans plenty of times and my mates drink plenty more than that. They laugh when others say I'm a big drinker.
