Former Ralph Fiennes mile-high flight attendant Lisa Robertson 'punched friend
December 17, 2009
www.manlylodge.com.au Lisa Robertson, the former Qantas flight attendant who had a mile-high sex romp with British actor Ralph Fiennes, will defend charges that she fractured the nose of a female friend in a fight outside a St Kilda restaurant.
Robertson, 41, is accused of calling the woman ugly, fat and bald before the brawl erupted.
Police told a Melbourne court today that Robertson became “enraged”, grabbed her friend in a headlock and punched her repeatedly.
Prosecutor Senior Constable Nick Papadopoulos said the victim suffered a fractured nose, bruises to an eye, small cuts to her neck, and swelling to the back of the head.
He told Melbourne Magistrates Court the pair first met last May and regularly socialised and then met for breakfast on August 16.
They each later drank a bottle of wine and three glasses of wine and at 5pm were at a restaurant.
Senior Constable Papadopoulos alleged an argument started because the woman was on the phone before Robertson told her to “show some respect” and end the call.
In response to being told to mind her own business, Robertson allegedly insulted her and told her to lose weight.
The court heard after the woman became upset and left the restaurant, Robertson followed her, put her in a headlock, and assaulted her before they were separated by a male patron.
Defence lawyer Sue Macgregor said after the media reported the incident, three witnesses in the restaurant told police the other woman had been the aggressor and that the pair had stumbled and fallen to the footpath.
Ms Macgregor said Robertson would claim that she was attacked, had acted in self-defence and would plead not guilty to charges that included recklessly causing serious injury.
Robertson, who was bailed for a contested hearing next May, told Magistrate Anne Goldsborough she did not trust police to keep her address from the media.
Ms Goldsborough said there was no reason for any police officer to tell the media where she lived.