Tony Abbott’s alleged attacker says headbutt had “nothing to do with” marriage equality
Image: Tony Abbott just before the alleged attack occurred. Source: Twitter
After Tony Abbott alleged a Yes campaigner “headbutt” him in Hobart last night, the 38-year-old man charged over the incident has spoken out to distance himself from the issue.
The self-described anarchist has been charged with one count of common assault by Tasmanian Police, News.com.au has reported.
The man said that the “headbutt” was motivated by a longstanding dislike for Abbott, and had nothing to do with the Yes campaign, though he does support marriage equality.
“It was nothing really remotely to do with that. It’s just about Tony Abbott — the f***ing worm that he is,” he said.
“All it was is I saw Tony Abbott and I’d had half a skinful and I wanted to nut the c***.
“I want to divorce myself [from the issue of marriage equality] — not because I disagree with their stance — but this was nothing to do with that. That’s just my personal hatred.”
The man has been granted conditional bail and will face court over the allegations next month.
Abbott claimed that the attacker was wearing a Yes badge at the time, which the man did not deny.
“It was purely because a friend of mine had walked past handing them out and had stuck one on my jacket.”
The man said he had been drinking at a nearby hotel when he saw Abbott walk past.
“I was like ‘Tony, Tony’, I kind of trotted up behind him,” he said.
“I trotted up behind him, ‘I just want to shake your hand and just went bang. Kind of missed it. Gave him a fat lip. He got off pretty lightly. He’s just lucky I’m not a violent c**t.”
The Hobart man said he would apologise for the headbutt in court but that his opinion of Abbott had not changed.
“I’m an anarchist, he’s an evil c**t.”
The attack has been widely condemned by both Yes and No campaigners.
The No campaign were very quick to jump on this for headlines and to make the Yes campaign look bad and of course now that the guy has denied it is linked to SSM they will conveniently ignore that and keep riding the headlines insisting it was SSM related. They are truly vile evil people.
Hmm— I wonder of the LNP/conservative/anti-equality group who jumped on this as an, “anti-“no”, person run amok, will run to cover that the head-butting is, indeed, NOT to do with the equality vote?
OF COURSE NOT!!!! THEY WILL HOPE TO USE THIS AS EVIDENCE THAT THE EQUALITY PEOPLE ARE VIOLENT- EVEN WHEN THEY AREN’T!
And, there you go.