Details of MCG assault against Lidia Thorpe revealed after court lifts suppression order
Summary
Ebony Bell was sentenced to community work and fined after attacking Senator Lidia Thorpe outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 2024. Bell also admitted to a second violent incident in 2025 while on bail and received a community corrections order with a conviction for both attacks.Key Facts
- Ebony Bell punched Senator Lidia Thorpe twice in the head and the jaw outside the MCG in May 2024.
- Bell also assaulted two other people during this incident.
- The attack was captured on CCTV and caused bruises to Thorpe.
- Bell claimed the attack was triggered by disrespectful comments Thorpe made about her mother.
- After the MCG incident, Bell was ordered to take an anger management course and was given a deferred sentence.
- While on bail, Bell assaulted a security guard at a pub in August 2025, hitting him with her phone and kicking him.
- The court fined Bell $300 and gave her a 12-month community corrections order with a conviction for both attacks.
- Prosecutors described Bell’s actions as repeated "gratuitous violence," while her lawyer defended her behaviour as linked to emotional distress.
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