Details of MCG assault against Lidia Thorpe revealed after court lifts suppression order

Published July 3, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Ebony Bell convicted and handed community work order following assault on senator and second ‘gratuitous act of violence’ while on bail

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A woman has been handed a community work order for punching Lidia Thorpe outside the MCG over claims the independent senator disrespected her mother.

Details

Ebony Bell was initially told to undertake an anger management course after her 2024 attack on Thorpe, but committed a second “gratuitous act of violence” while on bail, the Melbourne magistrates court was told in June.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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