Tziporah Malkah, formerly Kate Fischer, appears in Victor Harbor Magistrates Court on assault, disorderly behaviour charges

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FORMER model and I’m a Celebrity TV star Tziporah Malkah has faced court in SA on assault charges, declaring she will no longer be “bullied” in life and has had enough of the “nanny state”.

Outside the Victor Harbor Magistrates Court — south of Adelaide — on Monday, the former Kate Fischer said she would contest allegations she assaulted SA Police officers.

“What I can say is that I’m a woman who stands up for herself these days,” she said.

“I’ve been bullied a lot, particularly in relationships.

“If I was maybe six inches shorter and meek and crying and all the rest of it I think I would’ve been treated a little differently.

“Instead, I’m a woman who chooses to fight back.

“I don’t deny fighting for myself, and I don’t deny standing up for myself.”

Tziporah Malkah posted this photo to her Instagram account after her arrest showing bruises she claimed were from heavy handed police.

Malkah, 44, of Port Elliot, is a model and actress previously known as Kate Fischer.

She has yet to plead to one basic count of assault and one count of resisting police.

She has been further charged with three counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of disorderly behaviour.

The charges arise from an alleged incident involving Malkah and her then-partner, Guy Vasey, at their home last month.

Following her arrest and release on bail, Malkah used social media to claim SA Police had mistreated her.

On Instagram, she claimed the incident began when she bit Mr Vasey and he called police.

“Please enjoy these bruises committed by the police,” she wrote beneath a photo of bruising on her arms.

“I was quietly on screen in my room, he called the police and had them come over, arrest me for assault, handcuff me and throw me into the paddy wagon.

“I was finally taken to (the) cop shop where among other things I was dragged along the floor, pushed and shoved and made to lie in my own urine in a cold room with no blanket.

“They would not allow me to take my medication or see a (doctor).”

Malkah was the star of hit movie Sirens and was engaged to James Packer after a five-year relationship.

Most recently she has returned to TV screens on the reality program I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here.

Malkah and Mr Vasey had dated as teenagers but were reunited after several decades in 2017.

In early 2018, the couple split, taking highly publicised swipes at each other on social media. Mr Vasey accused Ms Malkah of “airing our dirty laundry online” and called her a “leech”, while she told him to go back to “that woman in Melbourne”.

“You clearly aren’t interested in a woman who is successful,” Ms Malkah said.

Court documents viewed by The Advertiser allege Malkah resisted three named SA Police officers in their duty, and assaulted them, during the incident.

They further allege she was behaving in a disorderly manner on Ocean Rd, Port Elliot, during the incident.

On Monday, Malkah asked her case be adjourned for three weeks so her lawyer could assess the charges.

When Magistrate David Whittle agreed, she asked: “Are you going to put it into the courts diversion program?”

Mr Whittle said he could only do that if Malkah intended to plead guilty.

Malkah asked the court to vary two conditions of her bail.

“My ex wants my stuff out of there (the house),” she said.

“I’ve got a whole apartment full of stuff ... (I need to go back to collect it) once I have a new place to live or at least stay in.

“I’m going to be double-handling for so long ... I need to collect my aunty’s gigantic screen.”

She said she would need no more than 90 minutes to collect her property “if I had two young, strong gentlemen with me”.

Malkah also asked for permission to leave SA.

“I want to leave the state to look for apartments in Sydney ... I need to go from here,” she said.

Mr Whittle granted each application and remanded Malkah on $500 bail to face court again in April.

Outside court, Malkah said the people of Victor Harbor had been “lovely and supportive” but that she wanted to move on.

“I might be spending some time in Her Majesty’s Hotel if the police have their way,” she said.

“I’ve done my dash in Melbourne, I’ve done my dash in SA, I may as well burn a new path of craziness through Sydney.

“It’s become such a nanny state, it doesn’t take much to upset them down there ... blow your nose after 10pm it’s ‘oh God!’.”

She said she would discuss a possible complaint against police with her lawyer.

“If I believe I’m unfairly accused of something and I’m not being accorded correct treatment by authorities, I will fight back against them too,” she said.

“If I’ve been assaulted, there’s a good chance I’m going to fight back.

“I shouldn’t have been put in that position in the first place ... this whole thing was botched and mishandled from the very beginning — from the very beginning.”

Malkah said she had received very little support — which she found “quite strange in this politically correct environment” — and had suffered emotionally.

“I’m used to things taking mental tolls on me,” she said.

“You try living my life and not being stressed ... I’ve had a doozy.”

Malkah took a selfie, with reporters and cameramen in the background, for her social media account as she left court.