{"id":589662,"date":"2026-04-06T18:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589662\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:59:14","slug":"all-eyes-on-the-other-kyle-sandilands-linked-court-case-as-judge-erupts-i-cant-believe-i-have-to-say-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589662\/","title":{"rendered":"All eyes on the OTHER Kyle Sandilands-linked court case – as judge erupts: ‘I can’t believe I have to say this’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The case against a mysterious Chinese heiress accused of ploughing\u00a0her $1.5million Rolls-Royce into a Mercedes-Benz while under the influence of alcohol<\/a> continues to hit legal hurdles.<\/p>\n

More than nine months after LanLan Yang allegedly slammed her Rolls into a van being driven by radio host Kyle Sandilands<\/a>‘s regular chauffer, police have still not produced a brief of evidence.<\/p>\n

By the time a scheduled five-day hearing is due to start in late November, 17 months will have passed since the crash – if the case does go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n

Yang has appeared in person just once on the eight occasions the matter has been mentioned in Sydney<\/a>‘s Downing Centre Local Court since August last year.<\/p>\n

If the 24-year-old does not turn up when a pre-hearing status mention takes place in October, a warrant will be issued for her arrest.<\/p>\n

Yang has already admitted breaching her bail after failing to notify police she had moved from an eastern suburbs penthouse at Watsons Bay to a harbourside apartment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sandilands is embroiled in his own legal drama, having launched Federal Court action against his former employer ARN Media after it terminated his $100million contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Days after the crash he described Mr Plassaras as the ‘greatest employee ever’ but has steered clear of commenting publicly about Yang’s court case.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The case against mysterious Chinese heiress LanLan Yang, who is accused of ploughing her $1.5million Rolls-Royce into a Mercedes-Benz while under the influence of alcohol, continues to hit legal hurdles<\/p>\n

\"More <\/p>\n

More than nine months after Yang (above) allegedly slammed her Rolls into a van being driven by Kyle Sandilands’s regular chauffer, police have still not produced a brief of evidence<\/p>\n

The crash catapulted Yang into an almost instant celebrity-like status, particularly among Chinese Australians who have been intrigued by her obvious and unexplained wealth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of her arrest Yang kept a spare Rolls-Royce – this one a white $800,000 Ghost convertible – unregistered in the garage of the Watsons Bay property.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She has only been filmed or photographed twice without a face mask – once after first being granted bail and a second time while dining at a Circular Quay restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The sometime university student’s Tiffany blue Rolls-Royce Cullinan collided with a black Mercedes van driven by 52-year-old George Plassaras at Rose Bay about 3.20am on July 26.<\/p>\n

Mr Plassaras reportedly\u00a0suffered a broken spine, shattered hips, two broken femurs, busted ribs, a ruptured spleen and torn-open abdomen.<\/p>\n

Yang has pleaded not guilty to\u00a0dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm – drive under the influence, and driving with a mid-range prescribed concentration of alcohol.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

She has also pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, failing to submit to a breath test and not giving particulars to police.<\/p>\n

Yang’s case was back before court on March 31 when barrister John Korn said he had still not been served with most of the police brief of evidence.<\/p>\n

\"Days <\/p>\n

Days after the crash Sandilands (above) described Mr Plassaras as the ‘greatest employee ever’ but has steered clear of commenting publicly about Yang’s court case<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The only time Yang (left) has been photographed without a mask is when the Daily Mail snapped her with a friend dining at the Museum of Contemporary Art in September<\/p>\n

Two women who have been following Yang’s case were in court to hear the latest developments.<\/p>\n

While Mr Korn had been given those parts of the brief related to the alleged drink-driving offences, he and the police prosecutor had received ‘virtually none’ of the crash investigation material.<\/p>\n

Mr Korn said the proceedings against Yang had been ‘hanging around for quite a while’ and his client wanted it set down for hearing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘This matter’s got a terrible history,’ he told Judge Karen Stafford.<\/p>\n

Mr Korn said there was a new officer in charge of the investigation and if police evidence about the crash was more complicated than anticipated it might delay the case even further.<\/p>\n

Judge Stafford noted witnesses would be required to remember events from July last year and said: ‘This is why we’ve got to keep matters moving.’<\/p>\n

Mr Korn said Mr Plassaras would be the most important prosecution witness to give evidence about the crash and any bystanders would not be particularly relevant.<\/p>\n

Judge Stafford set the case down for a five-day hearing from November 27 to December 4 and ordered the brief of evidence be served by May 26.<\/p>\n

\"Yang <\/p>\n

Yang often parked her Tiffany blue Rolls-Royce Cullinan outside a neighbour’s house (above)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Yang <\/p>\n

Yang kept an unregistered Rolls-Royce Cullinan worth about $800,000 in her garage (above)<\/p>\n

‘I can’t believe I have to say this,’ Judge Stafford said of demanding the brief be produced for the prosecution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She listed a pre-hearing status mention for October 2 and said an arrest warrant would be issued for Yang if she did not appear in person.<\/p>\n

Judge Stafford also ordered the officer-in-charge be present that day if the brief had not been served as directed.<\/p>\n

‘I’m cringing already,’ Judge Stafford said of the case’s timetable. ‘I shouldn’t. It’ll resolve itself. Let’s be positive.’<\/p>\n

When Yang’s case was first mentioned on August 15, scores of curious\u00a0Chinese Australians lined up outside court to catch a glimpse of the camera-shy multimillionaire.<\/p>\n

Yang disappointed them by appearing only briefly via audio-visual link from her lawyer’s office.<\/p>\n

Some of Yang’s background was disclosed when her case was mentioned for the second time on September 26 but she did not appear on screen or in person.<\/p>\n

Mr Korn revealed that day Yang’s parents had sent her to Australia at attend school when she was 14 and she was now a permanent resident.<\/p>\n

\"Yang's <\/p>\n

Yang’s Rolls-Royce Cullinan collided with a Mercedes van driven by 52-year-old George Plassaras at Rose Bay about 3.20am on July 26 (above)<\/p>\n

\"Mr <\/p>\n

Mr Plassaras (above) reportedly suffered a broken spine, shattered hips, two broken femurs, busted ribs, a ruptured spleen and torn-open abdomen\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yang had rarely returned to China, suffered ‘considerable’ mental health issues and ‘hardly leaves her home’, Mr Korn said.<\/p>\n

When Yang’s matters were listed on October 17 a registrar said the defendant would be expected to appear in person the next time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The case was mentioned on November 14 when solicitor Michael Korn told a registrar his client had been excused from attending.<\/p>\n

On that day, Mr Korn denied outside court that Yang had been receiving special treatment.<\/p>\n

As part of her bail conditions, Yang is required to report once a week to Rose Bay police station.<\/p>\n

On January 14, a\u00a0young Asian woman dressed in a Chanel top and Chanel jeans reported on bail as Yang, then\u00a0made an extraordinary claim on the footpath.<\/p>\n

Reporter: ‘Are you LanLan or someone else?’<\/p>\n

Woman: ‘I’m someone else.’<\/p>\n

\"Yang <\/p>\n

Yang (above) dresses head to toe in designer clothing, routinely runs away when approached by reporters, and almost always wears a face mask<\/p>\n

Police launched an investigation into that woman’s identity and cleared Yang of using a body double but confirmed she had not been living in the Watsons Bay residence.<\/p>\n

The following Wednesday, Yang reported for bail dressed in a $12,000 tweed coat over ripped denim shorts, accessorised with a $1,499 Celine bucket hat and $1,830 Chanel slingbacks.<\/p>\n

Yang was again excused from appearing in court on January 22 when Michael Korn sought to have her residential bail condition varied.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chief Judge Michael Allen granted the application, which had the consent of the officer in charge of the investigation.<\/p>\n

‘This is a matter that has, I note, attracted a significant level of media interest, perhaps over and above its status in the nature of matters that come before this and other courts,’ Judge Allen said.<\/p>\n

Outside court, Mr Korn was asked if it had always been Yang who presented herself to report on bail at Rose Bay police station.<\/p>\n

‘Yes, it has,’ he said, and it not otherwise suggested.<\/p>\n

The next day, Yang walked into Downing Centre Local Court for the first time, wearing a face mask and Chanel sunglasses as she sat in the public gallery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Barrister Greg Stanton conceded Yang had breached her bail due to a change of address but said: ‘There’s an explanation – it doesn’t attribute any great fault to her.’<\/p>\n

‘There was a miscommunication… an assumption was made,’ Mr Stanton told Judge Stafford.<\/p>\n

Yang was excused from appearing on January 30 and that privilege was extended to her next two court dates, until Judge Stafford’s March 31 intervention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The case against a mysterious Chinese heiress accused of ploughing\u00a0her $1.5million Rolls-Royce into a Mercedes-Benz while under the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,100,134,53493,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-589662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-kyle-sandilands","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}