Wests Tigers star Michael Chee Kam charged with rideshare Ola driver assault
Wests Tigers player Michael Chee Kam has been charged with assaulting a rideshare driver through the car window during a night out in Bondi Beach.
Wests Tigers player Michael Chee Kam has been charged with assaulting a rideshare driver through the car window during a night out in Bondi Beach.
Chee Kam, 26, and an 18-year-old man, believed to be a relative, were allegedly standing on Campbell Pde about 10.30pm on December 30, when an Ola driver beeped at them in an attempt to get them to move.
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Police will allege the men repeatedly punched the driver through his open, driver’s side window.
Passing police were flagged down and a short time later a taxi containing the two men was stopped.
The men were arrested and both served with a Field Court Attendance Notice for the offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.
They are due to appear at Waverley Local Court on February 5, 2019.
Chee Kam, considered a versatile back rower, has played 54 games for Wests and also represented Samoa.
He is contracted to the club until the end of the 2019 season.
A NRL spokesman said the league’s Integrity Unit was aware of the matter but as there were charges involved “it wouldn’t be appropriate to comment further”.
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