NRL star Sam Burgess banned from going within 1km of father-in-law Mitchell Hooke’s family home
A court order has banned NRL star Sam Burgess from going within 1km of his father-in-law Mitchell Hooke and restricts his behaviour around people in a domestic relationship with the former CEO of the Minerals Council.
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NRL superstar Sam Burgess is banned from going within 1km of his father-in-law Mitch Hooke’s home and assaulting, stalking, harassing or intimidating anyone in a domestic relationship with him, according to the terms of a temporary AVO issued by police.
The apprehended violence order was made on Saturday after an argument between the two at the Hooke family’s $2 million Bowral property.
“(Burgess) must not go within 1000 metres of; any place where Mitchell Hooke lives, any place where he works or (the family’s Glenquarry home),” the order reads.
“Burgess must not do any of the following to Mitchell Hooke, or anyone he has a domestic relationship with; assault or threaten him, stalk, harass or intimidate him, and intentionally or recklessly destroy or damage any property that belongs to or is in the possession of Mitchell Hooke.”
Burgess will have to live with this order for 17 days when he is scheduled to appear in front at Moss Vale Local Court for a judge to decide if a permanent order is required.
Burgess could make an application in the meantime.
The Daily Telegraph was told Burgess was at Mr Hooke’s home near Bowral on Saturday to see his own children.
Phoebe was not at the house at the time and it is not alleged Burgess did anything wrong by visiting the house.
The Telegraph has been told a conversation between Burgess and the former CEO of the Minerals Council allegedly escalated into an argument and Mr Hooke told the Rabbitohs superstar to leave.
It is understood Burgess agreed to leave the property when asked, with the pair allegedly continuing to argue as he left.
It is understood police were called after Burgess left the house.
“Police are investigating an incident at a property near Bowral shortly after 5pm yesterday,” a police spokeswoman said on Sunday afternoon.
The alleged incident comes after reports circulated that Burgess’s estranged wife Phoebe was preparing to move to Bowral to be closer to her parents.
Last week the Telegraph revealed the pair had split for a second time and The Sunday Telegraph reported over the weekend Phoebe was relocating two-year-old Poppy and 10-month-old Billy to Bowral.
“It’s only an hour away from Sydney so not too hard for Sam to still see the kids and Phoebe to be able to attend events for her clients,” one well-placed insider told Sunday Confidential.
“It makes sense as Phoebe’s support network is in Bowral. She grew up there, her mum and dad are there and her sister Jemima has just moved home with her two young children after getting a new job there as a teacher.
“One thing is for sure, it is definitely over this time and they are now trying to figure out how to co-parent long-term.”
The first reports of their couple’s marriage breakdown began surfacing last December, just three weeks after Billy’s birth.
Originally published as NRL star Sam Burgess banned from going within 1km of father-in-law Mitchell Hooke’s family home