Third time in 18 months: Police called to party socialite Lizzie Buttrose’s home
LIZZIE Buttrose, niece of media doyenne Ita, arrived hand-in-hand with basejumper boyfriend Zoran Stopar at court as he faced an AVO matter.
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SYDNEY socialite Lizzie Buttrose supported her boyfriend as he faced an AVO in a Sydney court yesterday, a year after opposing a separate AVO relating to a former boyfriend.
The niece of media doyenne Ita Buttrose and sister of convicted drug dealer Richard Buttrose, Lizzie Buttrose walked into Waverley Local Court hand-in-hand with new partner Zoran Stopar for his first court appearance for the AVO mention.
Dramatic scenes at Ms Buttrose’s Vaucluse home last week led police to apply for an AVO on behalf of an individual currently facing drug charges, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
The Daily Telegraph understands that four police cars and as many as a dozen officers were sent to the home on Thursday night, following a tip off about its residents which led to a search of the property.
Mr Stopar has indicated he will challenge the order at a future hearing.
Ms Buttrose, who shares her Eastern Suburbs property with Mr Stopar, stepped up in defence of her new beau and submitted an affidavit in support of his application to the court to vary the conditions of the AVO, a move opposed by the prosecutor.
It’s the third such incident to have brought police to Ms Buttrose’s home in 18 months.
In March 2015 and again this year disputes with her former boyfriend Scott Fay led the Eastern Suburbs identity to presd the panic button on her bedroom wall.
The couple fell out last year after a night out at the Watson’s Bay Hotel when the couple arguied over a late-night text sent to Mr Fay’s phone.
After Ms Buttrose asked who was messaging him, Mr Fay replied: “Well get f....., who’s (redacted)?”, in reference to separate text messages that Ms Buttrose had received earlier, court documents would later show.
The dispute escalated, with Mr Fay calling his partner an obscene name and Ms Buttrose ordering him to get out of her house.
He left, allegedly damaging property as he went.
Ms Buttrose’s panic alarm alerted a security company, and raised the alarm to police who lodged an interim AVO on her behalf.
It was later withdrawn, after Ms Buttrose went to Waverley Local Court to oppose it.
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