10 months ago
EXCLUSIVE
Police person launched an investigation into a pub brawl involving Paul Gallen aft Daily Mail Australia published footage of nan chaotic scuffle.
Gallen was filmed being restrained by up to 4 men astatine a clip during a late-night confrontation past play astatine nan Shoalhaven Heads Hotel connected nan NSW southbound coast.
Police were not called to nan edifice astatine nan clip and connected Tuesday nighttime they said nary study had been made astir nan incident.
On Thursday day a NSW Police Force spokeswoman revealed that position had changed since Daily Mail Australia published nan footage.
Police person launched an investigation into a pub brawl involving Paul Gallen aft Daily Mail Australia published footage of nan chaotic scuffle. In 1 video, a unit personnel is shown cleaning up Gallen's look pinch a cloth
Paul Gallen emerged connected Wednesday for nan first clip since video emerged of him successful nan mediate of a chaotic pub brawl, showing grounds of injuries including a people complete his correct eye
'Officers attached South Coast Police District person commenced an investigation, into an alleged brawl connected Saturday astatine a licensed premises successful River Road, Shoalhaven Heads,' she said.
The connection suggests nan brawl occurred successful nan early hours of Saturday greeting alternatively than successful nan past hr of Friday night.
When Daily Mail Australia asked Gallen astir nan incident connected Tuesday day he initially said: 'I don't cognize what you're talking about'.
Hours aft video of nan skirmish was published, Gallen issued a connection admitting he was progressive successful an 'altercation' but denying he had thrown immoderate punches 'in retaliation'.
On Wednesday, Gallen flew retired of Australia pinch his woman and 4 children connected what he said was a planned overseas holiday.
Gallen, a Nine tv and power NRL commentator, had gone to nan pub, known locally arsenic The Heads, pinch his power workfellow Mark Levy.
Levy could beryllium heard successful the background of nan brawl footage shouting: 'Stop it. Enough, enough. Gal, stop' arsenic a group of men struggled to incorporate Gallen and shocked drinkers watched on.
The brace had arrived together astatine nan pub wherever witnesses said nan retired footballer played excavation successful nan brew plot and took to nan creation floor.
Levy has not responded to requests for remark from Daily Mail Australia but 2GB meal announcer Ben Fordham said he said to his workfellow connected Tuesday night.
'Mark Levy was successful different portion of nan pub and erstwhile he returned Gal was wrestling pinch someone,' Fordham told his audience.
'How did it start? Well, I'm told that erstwhile Paul Gallen turned up he was chatting to group and posing for photographs but past later successful nan nighttime he was punched successful nan look and I've sewage nary thought what led up to that incident.
'Mark Levy tried to settee everything down but it was already measurement retired of hand.'
There is nary proposal Levy, who regularly fills successful for Ray Hadley connected his 2GB greeting show, did thing wrong.
Gallen had gone to nan edifice pinch his power workfellow Mark Levy, who could beryllium heard successful nan inheritance shouting: 'Stop it. Enough. Enough. Gal, stop'
Witnesses claimed nan conflict began aft Gallen mislaid a excavation crippled and a cue was surgery complete a table.
Several sources said Gallen was bleeding from nan look aft being punched.
On video, which lasts 1 min and 29 seconds, starts pinch Gallen being held by 3 men. In nan background, a concerned Levy tin beryllium heard pleading: 'Enough. Enough, enough, enough. Stop it. Enough. Enough. Gal, stop.'
As a scuffle rolls done nan hotel, different sound says: 'Get nan f*** retired now' earlier Gallen falls to nan ground.
One patron tin beryllium heard saying, 'He's bleeding everywhere' arsenic Gallen gets to his feet. Another sound says, 'Get retired of here'.
Two men past push a singlet-wearing man distant from nan melee and Levy appears to say, 'No more, Gal. No more. No more. No more. Stop.'
In a 2nd video, a unit personnel is shown cleaning up Gallen's look pinch a cloth, while Levy watches on.
Daily Mail Australia understands Gallen and Levy had been staying astatine Currarong, a 50-minute thrust away, and travelled to nan pub connected nan hotel's courtesy bus.
Police did not be nan pub aft nan incident and Gallen and Levy are believed to person returned to their accommodation via nan aforesaid 12-seater transport.
Levy has successful nan past posted connected societal media astir visiting nan hotel. Its guidance refused to remark astir Friday night's brawl.
When asked connected Tuesday if he wished to remark connected really witnesses had described nan events Gallen said: 'Yeah mate, I won't make immoderate remark connected it.'
Told location was footage of nan brawl taken by witnesses, Gallen added, 'No worries', past asked: 'What are nan witnesses saying happened?'
Hours aft video of nan skirmish was published, Gallen offered a fuller type of what happened.
'I was progressive successful an altercation pinch patrons astatine nan Shoalhaven Heads Hotel past Friday night,' he said.
Gallen near his location successful Sydney 's southbound connected Wednesday day pinch his woman and 4 children, 5 days aft he was filmed being restrained successful a edifice connected nan NSW southbound coast
'The patrons were chartless to maine aliases nan group I was with. The video circulating online does not accurately picture nan afloat group of circumstances which included maine being struck first.
'While I did not propulsion immoderate punches successful retaliation I apologise to nan owners of nan edifice and nan different patrons for nan incident.'
On Wednesday, Gallen collapsed screen for nan first clip since nan video emerged, showing grounds of injuries including a coiled complete his eye.
The 42-year-old State of Origin fable appeared to person suffered a trim supra his correct eye, marks connected his forehead and correct feature and abrasions to his near elbow.
Gallen quickly put connected sunglasses erstwhile he realised he was being photographed, hardly 24 hours aft Daily Mail Australia published footage of nan brawl.
The 42-year-old State of Origin fable appeared to person suffered a trim supra his correct eye, scratches connected his forehead and correct cheek, and abrasions to his near elbow
As his family piled into a black chauffeur-driven Kia Carnival for a travel to nan airport, Gallen was successful nary temper to talk what happened connected Friday night.
'What do you want?' he asked aft being approached while wheeling luggage from his $4million spot overlooking Gunnamatta Bay.
Anne Gallen supported her hubby of much than a decade by saying, 'He didn't do anything'.
Gallen declined to elaborate connected what had not been captured successful nan mobile telephone footage - but was apt to person been covered by CCTV cameras.
'I've said what I person to say,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'The grounds is successful nan video.'
Gallen past said those comments should not beryllium utilized for publication.
'That's not a connection to you,' he said of his remarks moments earlier. 'I'm not saying nothin'.
'The grounds is successful nan video. That's not a connection to you, truthful I retract that.
'You can't constitute that. No comment. No comment. I've sewage nary comment.'
As his family piled into a achromatic chauffeur-driven Kia Carnival for a travel to nan airport, Gallen was successful nary temper to talk what happened connected Friday night
Gallen declined to elaborate connected what was not captured successful nan leaked mobile telephone camera footage but is apt to person been covered by CCTV cameras. His near elbow is pictured
Gallen (left) and Levy (right) activity connected 2GB's Continuous Call Team during nan NRL play and nan Cronulla Sharks premiership-winning skipper contributes to Nine's Wide World of Sports
Gallen played 19 seasons of first people pinch nan Cronulla Sharks and captained nan squad to nan club's first premiership successful 2016.
He appeared 24 times for NSW and skippered nan broadside which won nan 2014 State of Origin bid which collapsed Queensland's eight-year winning streak.
For overmuch of his interstate playing profession Gallen was regarded by Maroons fans - who he had erstwhile labelled 'two heads' - arsenic their number 1 enemy.
In 2014, Gallen was among Cronulla players who admitted to unknowingly utilizing a banned peptide successful speech for a reduced and backdated ban.
Gallen took up boxing successful 2012 and has won 15 of 18 bouts arsenic a heavyweight, including wins complete Lucas Browne and Mark Hunt.
Gallen retired from nan NRL successful 2018 arsenic nan game's oldest subordinate and since past has been employed by Nine connected programs including nan Sunday Footy Show, Sport Sunday and 100% Footy.
Levy was been pinch 2GB since 2007, aft spending much than six years arsenic a shaper and newsman pinch Sky Racing.
