EXCLUSIVE
Football commentator Paul Kent smiled for the camera as he returned to his home in inner Sydney on Wednesday, just hours after it was revealed he had been hospitalized with serious injuries sustained in an alleged street fight on Saturday night.
The NRL 360 presenter was seen thrown into a tree and hitting his head on a gutter in a video that went viral on Sunday, with footage allegedly showing him getting into a physical confrontation with a man outside the Three Weeds hotel in Rozelle.
On Tuesday, Kent’s attorney, George Elias, revealed that his client had been hospitalized with up to five broken ribs and a suspected collapsed lung after the alleged fight.
Daily Mail Australia photographed the 54-year-old smiling as he arrived at his Lilyfield home alongside Elias on Wednesday morning.
Despite the serious injuries he suffered in the alleged street fight, Kent smiled for the camera when he returned home on Wednesday morning (pictured).
The commentator was pictured with his lawyer George Elias (above), who revealed that his client had been hospitalized with a possible collapsed lung and several broken ribs.
The couple entered the house without making any comments.
On Tuesday, Elias said his client had “been in the hospital since after the incident” and added: “I’m just concerned for his health and well-being.”
On Sunday, Daily Mail Australia captured exclusive photos of a doctor entering the house to treat Kent, who had several friends, including famous former footballer and convicted criminal John Elias, at the time.
The revelation about Kent’s hospitalization came just hours after the 35-year-old man he allegedly fought with revealed what appeared to be a painful head injury in a confrontational photo.
The unnamed man was charged with affray over the incident after voluntarily attending Balmain police station at around 6.45pm on Sunday before being taken to Newtown police station in the city’s inner west.
Kent (pictured at his home on Wednesday) was removed from his duties at Fox Sports and News Corp after video of their alleged confrontation went viral on Sunday.
Footage showed the 54-year-old man hitting his head on a gutter after being thrown into a tree during the alleged altercation in Rozelle on Saturday night.
He was granted conditional bail and will appear in court on June 7 and will be represented by leading criminal defense lawyer Chris Murphy.
Murphy is one of the best-known lawyers in the country after defending many headline clients, including football stars Sam Burgess, Hazem El Masri and Shaun Kenny-Dowall, as well as actor Matthew Newton, boxer Jeff Fenech, the Rolling Stones and the music superstar. Rod Stewart.
Murphy announced he was taking the case with a tweet early Tuesday morning, then followed up with two more messages about the case.
Last night, at 10:33 p.m. on April 29, I was instructed to act on behalf of one of the two accused in the fight, the man walking backwards, who appears in the Paul Kent video circulating on the social networks. I will defend the matter,” Murphy wrote.
‘My client went out to dinner with his wife and another couple. He does not consume alcoholic beverages.
A 35-year-old man (pictured) has been charged with affray over the incident.
The unnamed man revealed a painful-looking wound on the back of his head in a photo that emerged on Tuesday (pictured).
In the clip, Kent can be heard calling the other man a “doghead” before they allegedly get into a physical confrontation that extends across the street from the location.
Footage shows the 54-year-old man allegedly being thrown into a tree and landing headfirst in the gutter before rising from the ground.
Other men could be seen trying to intervene in the alleged confrontation.
Kent, who was suspended by the broadcaster for nine months after being accused of assaulting and choking his ex-girlfriend, had only been reinstated as co-host of Fox’s NRL 360 show in February after being acquitted in court.
In a statement to Daily Mail Australia on Sunday, a spokesperson for Fox Sports and The Daily Telegraph said: “Fox Sports presenter and News Corp Australia columnist Paul Kent has been stood down pending an immediate investigation.”