Jodhi Meares’ Brother Battles Pimps And Hos On Sydney Streets

Every once in a while a story comes along in the world of Australian showbiz which tickles me to absolute bits because it a) involves a vaguely famous person or – even better – someone remotely connected to a vaguely famous person, and b) it contains details so ridiculous, you couldn’t make it up if you tried.

Today is a great day then, folks, because Jodhi Meares’ brother was convicted of assaulting a policeman he believed was a pimp.

Before being found guilty of assaulting a policeman yesterday, the brother of Jodhi Meares said; he thought the two undercover officers in the incident were “a pimp and his prostitute”.

In evidence which bordered on the farcical, lawyers and the judge quizzed Meares’s sibling Jason over a slice of pizza he was eating when he clashed with Detective Sergeant Michael Keegan outside strip club Bada Bing in Kings Cross, Sydney.

&middot Jodhi Meares’ brother!
&middot Police confused for pimp and whore!
&middot Pizza eating! Apparently the fact Jason was eating this slice of Italian delight shows he was “vulnerable”!
&middot There is actually a strip club called Bada Bing, which is just about the lamest thing ever, and yet also awesome and I want to go there!
&middot With Jason Meares!

Idiot news story of the day, as far as I’m concerned.

Sadly, Jason’s pizza’n'pimp defence didn’t work out for him. He was found guilty and fined $500. The Daily Telegraph goes on to inform us that Jodhi did not attend the hearing. Are we surprised? Remember, doesn’t “do” live verdicts.

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