Anthony Lister: Sydney street artist hit with 11 new charges
A young artist says she is the latest alleged victim of famed Sydney painter Anthony Lister who has been hit with 11 new charges including commercial drug supply after allegedly drugging and raping teenage art students.
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A Brisbane artist says she is the latest alleged victim of famed Sydney painter Anthony Lister.
Lister was hit with a second round of charges on Thursday with police alleging he indecently assaulted a then 21-year-old woman at a Waterloo studio in July 2015.
Those charges came after police raided the 40-year-old’s Darlinghurst home and an industrial space in Marrickville in March, allegedly seizing four replica pistols, knuckle dusters, LSD, ice, ketamine, and a range of prescription medications.
They charged him with alleged sexual attacks against four women.
The day of the raid, artist Madelaine Buttini posted on Instagram saying she had gone to the police to report Lister for an “incident” at his studio in 2015 and wanted any other women who interacted with Lister to come forward.
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“Today I am asking anyone who might have been victimised by this man to please go to the police,” she said.
“I feel bad I didn’t do this sooner.”
Ms Buttini said she’d previously told a podcast “you know how they say you shouldn’t meet your heroes, well it’s true”.
Police alleged three of Lister’s victims were art students.
The ‘adventure painter’ allegedly offered them ‘internships’ and police allege also tattooed three lines onto the torso of one of his victims while she was heavily intoxicated on November 28, 2015.
The graffiti artist has previously said he’ll fight all of the charges but if convicted faces a lengthy prison sentence.
He remains on bail.