A swimmer was allegedly busted by lifeguards groping people in the water at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach.
Bondi Rescue lifeguards Anthony Glick and Mario Marfella had multiple swimmers claim they’d been inappropriately touched by the man in the water, as seen in a clip shared to the popular TV show’s Facebook page this week.
The two lifeguards watched the man, who was wearing a blue swimming cap, from their buggy and noticed he was intentionally diving into the ocean with his arms spread wide apart.
They claimed they saw him touch multiple different people and decided to bring him to shore for questioning.
A swimmer was allegedly busted by lifeguards groping people in the water at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach
Bondi Rescue lifeguards Anthony Glick and Mario Marfella (pictured with the man and his wife) had multiple swimmers claim they’d been inappropriately touched by the man in the water
A pair of young women told the lifeguards that they had to allegedly push the man’s hands away from their waists in the water.
When Mr Glick confronted the man on the shore, he denied any wrongdoing and seemed confused by the accusations.
The man’s wife then appeared and said her husband’s behaviour was due to his goggles fogging up, preventing him from seeing properly.
‘When the wife came up we thought she would kind of lose it at him, but it was the opposite way around … trying to protect him,’ Mr Glick said.
The man was charged with three counts of sexually touching without consent
Officers from the Bondi Police Station then arrived to interview him and ask witnesses what they saw.
The man and his wife were due to leave Australia the next day but police took him back to the station for further questioning.
He was charged with three counts of sexually touching without consent.
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