James Packer and David Gyngell go the biff

[pct001wine]

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/james-packer-nine-ceo-david-gyngell-in-street-brawl/story-fn...

Is this what "being an Aussie" means ?  That good mates can punch each other out in public and remain besties ?

I wonder if they conduct their respective businesses in such a fashion.  Or whether they got their pugilistic skills from their staff member, Mr Abbott ?

[cherry*135]

Good shiner though.

[spotweldersfriend]

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@am*3 wrote:
Fight in the street and you leave yourself open to the public judging you...your character, what you were wearing.

These two weren't out together in public on a picnic, they were exchanging blows on a public street in the middle of the afternoon.

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If Alan Jones was involved,that last sentence would have been a bit worrying 😄

[lloydslights]

It appears that James is going through a very, very trying personal "journey" at present.

My thought is that the Channel 9 van was there purely to "make the news happen".  It may not have been David's order for the van to be there, but his staff have been told to "get any story at any cost".

Not a good look though for professional high profile people to behave like this in a public arena.

DEB

[imastawka]

A $500 fine is only pocket change for these idiots

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-09/packer-and-gyngell-to-be-charged-over-public-brawl-at-bondi/54...

[cherry*135]

The channel 9 van was parked there because an employee for channel Nine lived nearby. He was on call so took the van home. If Packer wasn't due home that weekend the van would still have been there.

Pocket money for sure. It shows the police taking action but not much else.

[lloydslights]

Would Packer still be an "upstanding citizen" in regards to the Licencing Laws for casinos?  If the fine is not contested?

And frankly, I still don't believe that van was parked there innocently.  (Memories of "can't bowl, can't bat" and how long that story remained in the tabloids and Channel 9s "news")

I find it amazing how the young whippersnappers of today, don't release their mobile phones even when one is engaged in a biffo with their long term mate.  James Packer appears to have retained a grip through the whole procedure.

DEB

[cherry*135]

There is no issue about the van lloyds. There was no ch 9 cameraman lying in wait for Packer outside his place. He was on call, and lived nearby.

These days anyone with a mobile phone can snap or video any well known person behaving badly and it will be on every news channel ( as happened here) that evening. Doesn't need to be a TV cameraman.

[cherry*135]

If the cameraman with the van was planted there to track Packer when he arrived home...why wasn't he there taking photos when all the action was going on?

[fourandsixpants]

on the media/news that night or the next night.....showing camerman talking to reporter.....they then flicked to a bit of 'the tussle' and there was clearly a large black video camera, the type used by news stations in the frame, OBVIOUSLY taking footage of the tussle as the camera was pointed in direction of the action and my/viewers view watching tv, was 'side-on' of this large camera.....maybe the footage was/and never will be shown. Obvious why not.

[cherry*135]

Ohhh a conspiracy. There was an independent cameraman there waiting, hoping he might get a photo of Packer with a new girlfriend.
His photos were the ones sold.
What you saw.. How do you know that happened straight off when the tussle started, before anyone else in the news business was alerted and had time to turn up?