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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Save this article for later<\/p>\n Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n Got it<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Media mogul Antony Catalano was abusing substances and wearing only underwear when he allegedly threatened to kill his partner and dragged her through their luxury St Kilda apartment.<\/p>\n Fresh details of the allegations against Catalano can be revealed after a recording of the March 13 hearing in Melbourne Magistrates\u2019 Court was released detailing the alleged hour-long attack that ended when his partner escaped the couple\u2019s home and fled onto the street for help.<\/p>\n During the late night bail hearing, Senior Constable Kiran Paramaguru opposed bail, telling the court CCTV allegedly showed the 59-year-old brandish an iron above the complainant after approaching her while she lay in bed.<\/p>\n Paramaguru said that about 12.30am, after returning home from a dinner, Catalano allegedly approached the complainant in a \u201cseverely drug-affected state\u201d and began ranting about matters not pertaining to her, and demanded her phone.<\/p>\n He then allegedly grabbed her by the hair and ankles, and dragged her around the apartment before reaching the laundry, where she was captured on CCTV. It was here, police said, Catalano \u201cgrabbed a clothes iron and held it to the victim\u2019s head\u201d.<\/p>\n Related Article As the alleged attack continued, police said the complaint grabbed Catalano\u2019s underwear in the hope of leaving evidence for police if she were killed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe accused is fairly irate and seen reaching across the victim, grabbing an iron, and swings it at her with quite significant force. She feared it would be used against her to kill her,\u201d the officer said.<\/p>\n Once the woman reached the outside elevator, she was allegedly dragged back inside, and a neighbour called police. The woman managed to break free and run out onto the street in extreme distress before flagging down a car and asking to be driven away, the court heard.<\/p>\n \u201cIt shows the victim run away from the accused, exit the apartment and run toward the elevator,\u201d Paramaguru said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe reaches her, grabs her, pushing her by the neck and dragging her back into the apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n The complainant later attended hospital with a fractured coccyx.<\/p>\n The court heard the incident was captured in full on CCTV from inside parts of the apartment, as well as the hallway and foyer of the property.<\/p>\n Paramaguru said Catalano was arrested at midday that day in the Hampton area.<\/p>\n In opposing bail, he said police believed Catalano was a flight risk as he had access to significant social and financial resources at his disposal.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cHe\u2019s got significant financial resources at his disposal which allows him the ability to flee the state and or the country and police believe any potential reputation damage … might cause him to take this option,\u201d Paramaguru said.<\/p>\n Police said he had allegedly been abusing alcohol and cocaine for some time, recently spent time in a psychiatric facility, had a propensity for violence and a history of drug-induced psychosis.<\/p>\n This included Catalano himself calling police days earlier while at his Byron Bay property, believing he was seeing people coming out of the \u201cwoodwork\u201d at his home, Paramaguru said.<\/p>\n The 59-year-old appeared at the March hearing remotely from the Prahran police station, and is facing charges of assault, false imprisonment and making threats to kill.<\/p>\n Defence barrister Jason Gullaci, SC, rejected the suggestion his client was a flight risk, labelling this fanciful. He noted Catalano had significant ties to Australia, including his nine children and a number of multimillion-dollar properties.<\/p>\n Gullaci also suggested the complainant came home two hours after Catalano, who may have already been in bed wearing only \u201cjocks\u201d, with a verbal argument occurring first.<\/p>\n The defence lawyer also said the remand summary was absent of any reference to the iron being swung at the complainant, and that this was first aired in court during the bail application.<\/p>\n The court heard Catalano had no prior convictions or failure to comply with court orders.<\/p>\n![\"Antony](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ab09544429e78d490b3c49483f37ebdf34370ea1.jpeg\")
Antony Catalano has been charged with assaulting a woman in Melbourne.Jesse Marlow<\/p>\n![\"Antony](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773573613_0_5e3f4a566448700b874fca2e8dc2af450495deb3fd6c31c6d4cc8094d9a1b6d1.jpeg\")
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