Actress Jodi Gordon is accused of assaulting her investment banker boyfriend with a bottle of wine in court documents.
NSW Police were called to a bed and breakfast in Kurrajong Heights, north-west of Sydney, on Sunday morning following reports of an altercation between the former Neighbours and Home and Away star and her partner Sebastian Blackler.
Mr Blackler was arrested, but was later released without charge.
Court documents reportedly said investigators asked the 31-year-old why he had bruising and swelling to his left eye, before he alleged his 37-year-old girlfriend ‘hit him with a wine bottle’.
However, he declined to make a formal statement.
Court documents allege that investigators found Gordon (pictured) with bruising to her left eye and bottom lip, and with three lumps on her forehead
The 37-year-old Home and Away and Neighbours alumni has been in a ‘tumultuous on-off relationship’ with 31-year-old banker Sebastian Blackler since November 2020
The AVO documents, obtained by The Australian newspaper, also allege that investigators found Gordon with bruising to her left eye and bottom lip, and with three lumps on her forehead – but her injuries appeared to be days old.
Gordon was ‘well affected by intoxicating liquor’ and told police she ‘fell against the counter’, the documents alleged.
Documents tendered to the court also alleged that police ‘fear domestic assaults are occurring between the parties with Gordon’s consumption of intoxicating liquor exacerbating the violence’.
‘There is clearly domestic violence occurring between the parties [but they] are reluctant to disclose how the injuries have been sustained,’ they said.
Officers took out a restraining order against Gordon on Sunday morning on behalf of Mr Blackler.
Mr Blackler, a portfolio manager at a wealth management firm in Sydney, was also issued with an AVO over the same alleged incident.
Police would not provide a statement when contacted by Daily Mail Australia.
Australian actress Jodi Gordon (pictured) and her ex-boyfriend Sebastian Blackler have each been reportedly issued with AVOs against each other
The former couple broke up in May 2021, but are understood to have rekindled their relationship in February.
The court orders state the pair must not must not assault or threaten stalk, harass or intimidate each other.
They are also prohibited from intentionally or recklessly destroy or damage any property or harm an animal the other person owns.
Ms Gordon’s order also bars her from being in Mr Blackler’s company for at least 12 hours after drinking alcohol or taking illicit drugs.
Ms Gordon, 37, and Mr Blackler, 31, will both face Windsor Local Court on April 21. Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Gordon and Mr Blackler for comment.
Jodi Gordon (left) split with Mr Blackler (right) in May last year, but the pair reportedly rekindled their relationship in February
It is not the first time police have taken out an AVO against Mr Blackler on Ms Gordon’s behalf.
Police were called to Ms Gordon’s Double Bay apartment, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, on November 27, 2020, over reports of an alleged domestic violence incident.
Officers subsequently took out an interim AVO to prevent Mr Blackler from assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing or intimidating Ms Gordon
The following month, a court order was issued banning Mr Blackler from assaulting or threatening, stalking, harassing or intimidating Ms Gordon.
The order expired at the end of 2021.
Ms Gordon, who played Martha MacKenzie on Home and Away from 2005 to 2010, shares daughter Aleeia with her ex-husband, former NRL star Braith Anasta.
The former couple married in 2012, welcomed their daughter in 2014, and separated a year later.
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