The Chase star found guilty of 'violent and degrading' attack on woman

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A TV star avoided prison time after a damning assault trial verdict involving kicking and spitting at a woman – during what was described as a "frightening and degrading" incident.

Fifty three year old Andrew O'Keefe, a former host of popular Australian TV shows including The Chase – where he starred alongside UK favourites The Governess and The Beast – was found guilty of a list of charges back in January of this year.They included common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, alongside drug possession and violating an Apprehended Violence Order.The embattled star had originally admitted to the AVO-related charge – a court order designed to protect someone from violence, harassment, intimidation or other forms of threatening behaviour – but was in court over the others during a three-day trial in 2023.

Andrew, who also presented Dragons Den and Deal Or No Deal in Australia, has since had another brush with the law, after being allegedly caught driving while on a suspended licence.

He is said to have been spotted behind the wheel of a car in Sydney's Bellevue Hill on June 20. In the assault trial, the magistrate at Sydney Downing Centre Local Court declared him guilty of assaulting and spitting at a woman – who can't be named for legal reasons – in a dispute back in September 2021.The court heard that he forcefully pushed her against a doorway, causing injuries to her hand and wrist.