TV star Andrew O’Keefe is charged with assault and breaking an AVO

Ex-Channel 7 host Andrew O’Keefe has been charged with assault and breaking an AVO after he was arrested on Friday evening, just two months after having similar charges dropped in court. 

The 49-year-old troubled TV star was picked up by police at 5pm in an apartment on Kent Street in Sydney’s CBD following an alleged domestic incident involving a woman in the city’s eastern suburbs on Wednesday. 

Mr O’Keefe has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault, contravening an AVO and resisting an officer in execution of duty, NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia in a statement. 

The former Deal or No Deal host was granted bail in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday, commenting to Channel 10 reporters on his way out of the courtroom: ‘Well I’m just getting back from last time… two strikes and you’re out in this country’.

The former Deal or No Deal host was granted bail in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday, commenting to Channel 10 reporters on his way out of the courtroom: ‘Well I’m just getting back from last time… two strikes and you’re out in this country’

‘I spent a night in hospital, I spent a night in jail, despite an agreement with police that would not happen. There is a dispute about facts, a significant dispute about the facts (of what happened on Wednesday).’

He will appear in court again later this week.  

Two months ago Mr O’Keefe was charged with slapping, kicking and spitting on his doctor girlfriend in a row over an ice pipe she claimed he was carrying at a party.

He appeared before Sydney’s Waverley Local Court on June 25, charged with three counts of assaulting his ex-lover of two years, Dr Orly Lavee.

Two of the charges, which occurred at their home in Randwick, were dismissed on mental health grounds – although his lawyers indicated he would have otherwise pleaded guilty to them.

A third assault charge related to an alleged incident at Kangaroo Valley earlier this year and was withdrawn by prosecutors.

The court heard Mr O’Keefe, who suffers bipolar and substance abuse disorders, was in a ‘hyper-manic’ state when he assaulted Dr Lavee at their home on January 30 after the couple attended a birthday party in Surry Hills. 

Two months ago Mr O’Keefe was charged with slapping, kicking and spitting on his doctor girlfriend in a row over an ice pipe she claimed he was carrying at a party (pictured with his lawyer leaving Waverley court in June)

He appeared before Sydney’s Waverley Local Court on June 25, charged with three counts of assaulting his ex-lover of two years, Dr Orly Lavee (both pictured)

Magistrate Hudson found Mr O’Keefe had been in a ‘hyper-manic’ bipolar state at the time of the offending, was remorseful and contrite.

He has had dozens of psychological and psychiatric appointments and weeks-long stays receiving mental health treatment since the incident.

The court heard Mr O’Keefe’s family had an extensive history of mood disorders.

His rock star uncle Johnny O’Keefe spent two months of almost every year at the Ryde Psychiatric hospital, the court heard.

An apprehended violence order was left in place between the former couple.

When Daily Mail Australia asked Mr O’Keefe outside court if his television career was over, he said: ‘I’m not sure if I’m over or if TV’s over.’