Wests Tigers star Michael Chee-Kam charged with Uber driver assault
Nick Hansen, The Daily Telegraph
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Wests Tigers player Michael Chee-Kam has been charged with assaulting an Uber driver through the car window during a night out in Bondi Beach.
Chee-Kam, 26, and an 18-year-old man believed to be a relative were allegedly standing on Campbell Pde at around 10.30pm on December 30, when the rideshare driver beeped at them in an attempt to get them to move.
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Charged…. Wests Tigers player Michael Chee-Kam
Police will allege the men repeatedly punched the driver through his open, driver’s side window.
Passing police were flagged down and a short time later a taxi containing the two men was stopped.
The men were arrested and both served with a Field Court Attendance Notice for the offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault.
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Michael Chee Kam will appear in court next month. Picture: Brett Costello
They are expected to appear at Waverley Local Court on Tuesday 5 February 2019.
Che-Kam, considered a versatile back rower, has played 54 games for Wests and also represented Samoa.
He is contracted to the club until the end of the 2019 season.