Sophie Ganis denies alleged carpark attack in Westfield Miranda

A flight attendant and one-time reality dating show star was allegedly rammed by a car during a dispute in a busy Sydney shopping centre carpark. See the wild video.

Wild footage of a carpark fight showing a flight attendant and one-time reality dating show star allegedly being rammed by a car has been played in court.

Sophie Ganis, 29, has denied injuring a woman after abusive words were exchanged between the two women over a dispute allegedly involving a keyed car and spitting at Westfield Miranda.

Ganis, who lives in Oatley, faced a hearing after pleading not guilty to charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intentionally damaging property in Sutherland Local Court.

The court heard two sisters were in a carpark at the shopping centre on November 22, 2022 when the driver Bridie Cahill, who works as a flight attendant and a one-time reality dating show TV star, signalled she would reverse into a spot.

Ms Cahill said Ganis, whose car was close behind, lent on her horn for about 30 seconds before Ms Cahill moved her car and drove front first into the spot.

Sophie Ganis defended allegations of assault and damaging property. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis

She said Ganis drove forward to block in her car before she got out, prompting Ms Cahill to lock her doors.

Ms Cahill told the court Ganis said “are you going to apologise” before she allegedly heard scraping on the passenger side door of the car and assumed it had been keyed.

The court heard she started recording a video on her phone and exited the car while Ganis got back inside her car.

Ms Cahill said she wanted to get Ganis’ details for the alleged keying of the car. She said she told her sister to call centre management and stood in front of the car towards one side when she said “I was hit and I fell”.

“The car sped off very quickly and hit me on the side … on my hip,” Ms Cahill said.

“I was then airborne and fell metres from the car.”

Molly Cahill (left) and her sister Bridie Cahill gave evidence during the hearing. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis

She was taken to hospital and treated for soft tissue damage on her hip, knees and legs.

In cross examination, Ms Cahill denied she initially reversed back in an “aggressive manner”.

She disagreed she was “negligent” by standing in front of the car, denying she “jumped in front” of it.

“I did not believe I was putting myself in harms way,” Ms Cahill said.

Ms Cahill further denied the scratch was already present before the incident.

Ganis told a police officer she had wanted to get a spray tan when she was “completely abused by these girls”.

Sophie Ganis at Sutherland Local Court.

She claimed Ms Cahill reversed with “vengeance” so she honked to avoid her car being hit before she claimed Molly Cahill got out of the car and called her a “mutt” and “slut”.
Ganis said Molly Cahill stuck up her finger and spat on her cheek.

Ganis also claimed she parked the car in and tapped on the car to ask for an apology, denying she keyed it.

Sophie Ganis outside court.

She said Ms Cahill “leapt in front of the car and I hit her”.

“I wasn’t jolting, I was trying to creep forward … I was going to manoeuvre around her. Why would I hit someone?” she said.

Molly Cahill denied all claims against her. She has been before the court previously when she narrowly avoided a full-time jail sentence for crashing her car into a man and woman on a motorbike after falling asleep behind the wheel.

She was originally sentenced to full time custody over the hit-and-run – which left the man with a horrendous “de-gloving injury to his thigh” – but that was changed to a jail sentence in the community upon appeal. The hearing will resume on May 17.

Originally published as Sophie Ganis denies alleged carpark attack in Westfield Miranda