Bachelorette bad boy Blake’s sickening street attack
A MAN viciously beaten by Bachelorette contestant Blake Colman is speaking out about the attack, which left bystanders spattered in his blood.
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A MAN assaulted by controversial Bachelorette contestant Blake Colman in 2015 is speaking out, claiming the reality TV cast-off has still not paid him any compensation.
WA financial controller Tristan Cooper, 31, was attacked by Colman during a night out in August 2015, after Cooper had tried to diffuse an argument between two groups of men, one of whom was the future reality star.
CCTV footage of the incident showed that Colman attacked from behind as Cooper was walking away from the confrontation, which took place outside a Perth Hungry Jack’s restaurant.
“He just came running up and with all his body weight sort of grabbed me in the back of the head and threw me into the side of Hungry Jack’s,” Cooper told Perth Now.
He said Colman picked him up by the neck, then threw him back down, which knocked him out as his head connected with the corner of a window. The impact was so great, a nearby female friend of Cooper’s was sprayed with his blood.
After the attack, “he was in the taxi laughing about how well he got me, to his friends,” said Cooper, who received four staples in the back of his head after the incident.
Colman was only identified when Crime Stoppers released a photo of him. Almost two years later, Colman pleaded guilty and was given a fine and ordered to pay Cooper compensation — money the financial controller says he is yet to receive.
Cooper said Colman’s lawyer, who spoke on his client’s behalf in court, mentioned that he had been shortlisted for The Bachelorette and “wouldn’t want this opportunity to be on the show to be hindered.”
In a statement released to Perth Now via a Channel 10 publicist, Colman says he is “truly remorseful” and accepts “full responsibility” for his actions.
The hot-headed reality hopeful appeared blindsided by Bachelorette Sophie Monk’s decision to boot him from the show this week, throwing a huge tantrum as he exited the property.
Speaking to news.com.au this week, he said his reputation as one of the season’s biggest villains wasn’t entirely unearned.
“At the start, I will hands-down say I looked like an absolute douche,” he said. “But the boys know who I am and Sophie knows who I am, the public’s just a little bit different.”
Originally published as Bachelorette bad boy Blake’s sickening street attack