Guy Sebastian questioned over home intruder head-butt
Guy Sebastian has been grilled in court over claims he head-butted an intruder who broke into his Sydney home while his wife and newborn son were sleeping.
The singer recalled the incident while being cross-examined at the embezzlement trial of his former manager Titus Day.
“I had a newborn who was sleeping, I was at my recording studio … I received a call from my wife about this person who was trying to get into our house through my little boy’s window and as a result I arrived home,” Mr Sebastian told the court on Tuesday.
“By the time I got home the guy trying to break in was still there. I chased after him.”
However, the court heard different stories about what the singer told people happened next.
When asked repeatedly if he head-butted the intruder, Mr Sebastian said he had not.
But he agreed with Dominic Toomey SC, who is acting for Mr Day, that’s what he told people afterwards.
“While I was holding him he was trying to grab me … elbowing and kicking me … he grabbed my [motorbike] helmet,” Mr Sebastian said.
“I’ve told people that I knocked him out … I didn’t head-butt him … I agree I’ve told people that I head-butted him."
“You’re implying I head-butted him as an intentional act but it just didn’t happen like that.”
The incident was brought up in relation to its inclusion in an Apprehended Violence Order taken out by Titus Day.
Mr Sebastian was served with the AVO application two days before he reported Mr Day to police over the allegations of embezzlement.
Mr Sebastian said his former manager was trying to “weaponise” the incident by including it in his AVO.
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