![]() Packer left home on Tuesday morning sporting a black eye, but neither he nor Gyngell is missing a tooth. ![]() Even the staid national broadsheet the Australian got in on the fun, adorning its front page with “Mate against mate in battle of the heavyweights”.įairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald may have had the original scoop on the fight, but Tuesday’s paper had to make do with a series of 11 pencil sketches to illustrate the now infamous brawl. The Herald Sun chose “Billionaire biffo” for its coverline the Courier-Mail “James Whacker” the Advertiser “Clash of the titans” and the Hobart Mercury “Packin' a punch”. Having paid a premium, News Corp wasn’t going to waste its exclusive. Several photographers hit pay dirt because they had been lying in wait at Packer’s Bondi pad in the hope of catching the model Miranda Kerr arriving to visit the newly divorced billionaire, who is rumoured to be dating her. ![]() News Corp bought the images despite Packer’s close friendship with the executive chairman of News, Lachlan Murdoch. News Corp paid $210,000 for the set of 50 colour photographs and short video and it made the most of it, spreading the paparazzo shots across the first nine pages of Sydney’s Daily Telegraph. In fact, a links operator had parked in the street in between shifts because he lives nearby.įootage of the fight, which shows three men trying to restrain the pair, has been uploaded to News Corp websites. Packer mistakenly believed a Nine live satellite links truck was lying in wait at Bondi to film him. Packer and Gyngell were best men at each other’s weddings and have been friends for 35 years. The brawl erupted over what insiders say are long-term tensions over Packer’s divorce from his wife, Erica, who has moved to the US with the couple’s three children. Packer has been less forthcoming, although one report in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph says he had “seriously considered suing his once-close friend for assault” but had dropped the idea. Gyngell admitted privately on Tuesday that the altercation started because he had turned up at Packer’s home to confront him after an argument on the phone. The media is awash with images and video of the fight after News Corp paid more than $200,000 for the exclusive photographs. The reversal followed criticism from commentators that ordinary citizens might have been charged for fighting in the street while wealthy businessmen were left alone. On Monday police said they would not investigate because they had not received a complaint. We don’t have a complaint yet but we have launched an investigation.” “We are appealing for anyone who witnessed it or has video or images to come forward. “We are now investigating it,” the police said on Tuesday. Neither man has filed a complaint, and the pair put out a joint statement saying they remained friends. “We, of course, respect the job the police do and will cooperate fully with their investigation,” a Nine spokesman told Guardian Australia. The eastern suburbs local area command has announced it is looking into the Sunday afternoon incident outside the billionaire’s Sydney home.
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