Anthony Koletti, partner of con-woman Melissa Caddick, charged with common assault

The partner of Melissa Caddick has been seen debuting a new look after allegedly assaulting a 73-year-old woman in a park near where the conwoman vanished.

The partner of the late fraudster Melissa Caddick has been spotted with a new look after he was charged over an alleged assault on a complete stranger following an incident while walking in an eastern suburbs reserve.

Police sources say Anthony Koletti was walking in Lighthouse Reserve at Vaucluse about 5pm on Wednesday, July 23, when he walked towards two people he did not know, before allegedly “barging” past one of them.

He continued on his walk and then as he looped back, he walked past the couple again. One of the two took a photo of the alleged assailant and handed it in to police.

Anthony Koletti has been charged with assaulting a 73-year-old woman in Vaucluse. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Nikki Short

Anthony Koletti was charged over an alleged assault in Sydney’s east. Picture: NewsWire/Tim Hunter

He was back at work on Thursday after being charged on Wednesday night. Picture: NewsWire/Tim Hunter

On Tuesday police made an appeal for information in relation to the incident, releasing a photograph on Facebook of a man in a black Under Armour T-shirt, black cap and sunglasses.

The woman did not require medical treatment.

Mr Koletti, 43, attended Waverley Police Station about 6.30pm on Wednesday, and has since been charged with common assault.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on September 5.

On Thursday, Mr Koletti was back at work, seen cutting hair at the Rose Bay salon where he is employed as a stylist.

He was sporting a fresh new look, with the tips of his usually dark hair bleached blond.

NewsWire approached Mr Koletti at the hairdressing salon on Wednesday.

Police released the image as part of an appeal for information on the alleged assault.

Anthony Koletti is the husband of late conwoman Melissa Caddick.

The part-time DJ and hairdresser refused to speak to our reporter and asked him to leave the salon after realising he was not there for a haircut.

Ms Caddick went missing just hours after her Dover Heights mansion was raided by Australian Federal Police and Australian Securities and Investments Commission personnel in November 2020.

The raid was conducted over a Ponzi scheme she used to fleece investors of $20m to $30m.

Mr Koletti was never charged with any crime relating to Ms Caddick’s disappearance or her criminal actions. Picture: Supplied

Ms Caddick’s severed foot was found three months later on an isolated beach on the NSW South Coast, about 400km from where she was last seen.

A coronial inquest in 2023 found Ms Caddick was dead, but did not determine how, when or where she died.

During the inquest, Deputy State Coroner Elizabeth Ryan concluded it was “most unlikely” the foot was severed “as a result of a deliberate act”.

Ms Ryan ruled it was unlikely she severed her own foot in order to go on the run, saying there was no trail of evidence and she would have needed medical attention.

Mr Koletti has never been charged with any crime relating to Ms Caddick’s disappearance or her criminal actions, and is not accused of any wrongdoing in relation to either her activities or disappearance.

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