NRL personality Paul Kent has pleaded guilty to affray after failing to convince a court his depression and alcohol problems should spare him punishment three months after coming off second best in a drunken brawl outside a Sydney pub.
Paul Kent arrives at court on Wednesday to argue one charge of affray should be dealt with under mental health laws.The Downing Centre Local Court, on Wednesday, heard Kent had been walking home with friends when Uzun, standing outside the Three Weeds Hotel, asked Kent if he would be “going to the match tomorrow”.
“Kent said ‘no’ and said ‘that’s right you like to bash women’,” Magistrate Jennifer Price read from police documents. This week News Corp papers reported Kent had been sacked from his job just one day before fronting court to ask Magistrate Price to deal with the single charge of affray on mental health grounds.Magistrate Price accepted Kent had both alcohol use disorder and a major depressive disorder, but said community safety and deterrence meant he was to be dealt with under the law – not mental health legislation.
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