Overview
- A court-released audio of the March 13 bail hearing publicizes detailed police claims about a violent incident at the couple’s St Kilda apartment.
- Police told the court Catalano was in a severely drug-affected state, dragged his wife by her hair and ankles, brandished a clothes iron near her head, and threatened to kill her.
- CCTV and a neighbor’s recording were cited, the woman fled to the street and flagged down a car, she was treated for a fractured coccyx, and police arrested Catalano later that day in Hampton.
- Magistrate Rohan Lawrence granted bail during the March 13 hearing, Catalano has not entered a plea, and the case is listed to return on May 11.
- The defense flagged triable issues, questioned aspects of the account and a 2018 complaint that did not proceed, and Catalano has stood down from Australian Community Media and entered rehab after a public apology.