Former Chase host Andrew O’Keefe has been charged with allegedly driving a vehicle despite his licence being suspended.
The Daily Telegraph reports he was charged on June 20.
“Following a vehicle stop on Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill by officers from Eastern Suburbs Highway Patrol about 1.30pm on June 20, police issued a 52-year-old man a Court Attendance Notice for the offence of drive while suspended,” a police spokesperson said.
The charge comes just six months after he was found guilty of common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of possessing a prohibited drug and contravening an apprehended violence order following a violent altercation with a woman in September 2021.
He was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order and three 18-month community corrections orders for the domestic violence offences – however has lodged an appeal in the NSW District Court, which is set to be heard on July 31.
He will face Downing Centre Local Court over the driving charge on August 6.
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