New domestic violence charges for former Channel 7 host Andrew O’Keefe

Police have charged TV host Andrew O’Keefe with new domestic violence offences following an alleged incident involving a woman at a home on Wednesday night.

Former TV personality Andrew O'Keefe. Picture: John Feder

Former Channel 7 host Andrew O’Keefe is facing fresh domestic violence allegations after being arrested on Friday night.

The 49-year-old was arrested at a Sydney apartment following an alleged domestic-related incident with a woman at a home in Point Piper on Wednesday evening. two days earlier.

Andrew O’Keefe leaving police custody on Saturday after spending the night behind bars. Picture: 10 News

“Police will allege in court that a man was involved in a domestic-related incident with a woman at a home in Point Piper on the evening of Wednesday, September 8,” police said in a statement.

O’Keefe was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault, contravene AVO, and resist officer in execution of duty.

He was granted bail in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday after a night in the watch house, and will return to court this week.

“I spent a night in hospital, I spent a night in jail, despite an agreement with police that would not happen,” O’Keefe told Channel 10 as he left court.

“There is a dispute about facts, a significant dispute about the facts (of what happened on Wednesday).”

O’Keefe said he was “caught by surprise” on Saturday morning when told of the charges against him.

TV host Andrew O’Keefe is facing domestic violence charges. Picture: Tim Hunter

The allegations come after the former Deal or No Deal host had earlier domestic violence charges dismissed by a court on mental health grounds.

O’Keefe, who was also co-founder of domestic violence charity White Ribbon, was accused of hitting, kicking and spitting at his doctor girlfriend Orly Lavee in two incidents in January.

The charges were dismissed in June after the court heard O’Keefe struggled with bipolar disorder and substance abuse, and was in a hyper-manic state at the time of the alleged assaults.

O’Keefe left Channel 7 after the allegations surfaced.