Ebony Bell, 28, was accused of multiple accounts of assault and reckless injury for an incident after an AFL Dreamtime match between Essendon and Richmond on May 25 at around 10:30 p.m.

The alleged attack was reported the following day and Victoria Police arrested Bell in Melbourne’s north-east on July 25.

She was released on bail and appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link on Monday.

Bell’s lawyer, Emanuele Nicolosi, said the prosecution offered Friday to resolve the case but did not have enough time to review it.

He said there were “real flaws” in the allegations.

The court heard two of the five charges related to the alleged attack on Senator Thorpe.

Mr Nicolosi questioned whether the alleged injuries revealed by Senator Thorpe were linked to the alleged offenses for which his client had been charged.

“The alleged victim of the assault did not indicate when or where … only a very indirect reference to an (alleged) assault,” he said.

The allegations first came to light after questions were raised about Senator Thorpe’s position in the Senate and her attendance rate after she publicly disavowed King Charles during his visit to Australia.

In 2023, Senator Thorpe attended only 38 of 66 sitting days (58%) and voted in only 206 of 558 divisions.

This year, the senator’s attendance improved slightly, attending 28 of 44 sitting days (64 percent) and voting in 222 of 493 precincts.

In response to an article in The Australian, Senator Thorpe wrote on X that she “was off work after being seriously assaulted at a public event”.

“I needed spinal surgery and now I have a metal plate in my neck,” she said.

In subsequent remarks to SkyNews.com.au, the senator provided more details about her injury, but said she was reluctant to speak openly about the alleged assault.

“There’s a scar on my neck from that.” The doctor ordered me not to travel and I could not attend Parliament. My doctor told me to take time off work,” she told SkyNews.com.au.

“A police investigation is currently underway.

“It’s unfortunate that I was pushed into disclosing this in self-defense, when I would have preferred to keep it private, but it’s just another day in the colony for you.”

Despite Senator Thorpe’s description, Victoria Police told Skynews.com.au that “the woman suffered minor injuries during the incident”, mirroring Mr Nicolosi’s comments about the seriousness of the alleged attack.

SkyNews.com.au is in no way suggesting that Senator Thorpe deliberately exaggerated claims about the extent of his injury.

Bell appeared in court via video link due to “a few threats”, Mr Nicolosi told the court.

“My client is a Koori woman. The reason she is appearing remotely is because there have been threats recently,” Mr Nicolosi said, as reported by The Australian.

Mr Nicolosi also called for Ms Thorpe’s name to be removed from the indictments, but Magistrate Belinda Franjic sided with the media because the senator had publicly identified herself.

It is alleged Ms Thorpe and Bell knew each other before the incident.

The case will return to court on November 22 where she will appear again via video link.

Ms Thorpe made international headlines last week after shouting at King Charles in the Great Hall of Parliament.

“Give us back what you stole from us: our bones, our skulls, our people. You have destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty in this country.

She also said: “You are not our king…Give us back our lands. »

“You are not my king. You are not our king… F*** the colony. F*** the colony. F*** the colony.

Her public disavowal of Her Majesty, as well as some deliberate puns during her swearing-in ceremony when she pledged allegiance to the late Queen’s “hair” rather than the “heirs”, sparked calls for a investigation into his position in the upper house.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton described her outburst at the king as “disrespectful” and demanded she resign.

“I think there’s a very good argument for someone who doesn’t believe in the system, but is willing to take a quarter of a million dollars a year out of the system, to resign in principle,” he said. he declared on Sunrise last Tuesday.

Speaking to Sky News Australia on Thursday, Chris Merritt of the Australian Rule of Law Institute questioned whether Senator Thorpe’s disavowal of the king could justify the Victorian independent being kicked out of the Senate.

“Did she disavow this oath after her outburst before the king where she declared that he was not king? Does this amount to renouncing her oath? These are not insignificant questions,” he said. he declared.

“The Constitution is very clear on the conditions that must be met before senators can sit and if these conditions are not met, the senator cannot validly sit in the Senate.

“So I think the starting point is that there needs to be a factual investigation to find out exactly what happened. The Senate offices might be the starting point, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this ends up in the High Court. »

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