TV star Andrew O'Keefe slapped, kicked and SPAT on his doctor girlfriend after she confronted him over an 'ice pipe in his pocket' - but he walks free on mental health grounds and gives a VERY bizarre answer when asked if his career is over
- Andrew O'Keefe assaulted his doctor girlfriend in row over an alleged ice pipe
- Dr Orly Lavee claimed he was carrying the pipe at a birthday party in January
- That night, O'Keefe spat in her face, kicked and slapped her, Sydney court hears
- 'The relationship meant nothing to me,' Dr Lavee yelled during the row
- O'Keefe, 49, responded 'that's a real spit in the face' and spat in her face
- Two assault charges dismissed under mental health grounds, a third withdrawn
- Daily Mail Australia asked O'Keefe if his lengthy television career was over
- 'I'm not sure if I'm over or if TV's over,' a visibly irritated O'Keefe responded
A Sydney court heard details of how Channel Seven's Andrew O'Keefe, 49, slapped, kicked and spat on his girlfriend of Dr Orly Lavee on Friday - as he walked free on mental health grounds
Former Channel Seven game show host Andrew O'Keefe slapped, kicked and spat on his doctor girlfriend in a row over an ice pipe she claimed he was carrying at a party.
The ex-Deal or No Deal host, 49, appeared before Sydney's Waverley Local Court on Friday, charged with three counts of assaulting his ex-lover of two years, Dr Orly Lavee.
Two of the charges, which occurred at their home in Randwick on January 30, were dismissed on mental health grounds.
O'Keefe, who suffers bipolar and substance abuse disorders, was in a 'hyper-manic' state when he assaulted Dr Lavee at their home after the couple attended a birthday party in Surry Hills.
That evening Dr Lavee, a respected hospital blood expert, placed her hand in O'Keefe's pocket and accused him of carrying an ice pipe, which he denied, the court heard.
Dr Lavee didn't believe him, sparking a row which only escalated further when they arrived home. O'Keefe suggested he leave the house for the night and Dr Lavee replied 'he should go and never come back', the court heard.
The court heard that during an argument on January 30, Dr Orly Lavee told O'Keefe 'the relationship meant nothing to me'. He replied 'that's a real spit in the face', before spitting in her face. The former Deal or No Deal host is pictured above with a lawyer at court on Friday
O'Keefe then asked Dr Lavee to get him an Uber as he didn't have enough money. She said he could walk home.
The TV personality replied: 'You are cruel and heartless.'
Dr Lavee yelled back: 'Get out, I hate you.'
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O'Keefe then threw a small pillow at Dr Lavee and a scuffle began, with their heads clashing.
O'Keefe held his lover by the shoulders and said: 'I think it's over.'
She replied: 'The relationship meant nothing to me'.
'That's a real spit in the face,' he said, before actually spitting in her face.
Dr Lavee then pushed O'Keefe in the face and ripped the buttons off his shirt, the court heard.
O'Keefe then put a new shirt on and left the house to have a cigarette.
Meanwhile, the court heard Dr Lavee went through his phone, searching for evidence of extramarital affairs and drug abuse.
He later returned and the scuffle re-commenced - with O'Keefe pushing Dr Lavee into a bookcase and grabbing her by the breast, the court heard.
O'Keefe was in a relationship with mother-of-two Orly Lavee for two years. Asked whether he had a message for his ex-partner today, O'Keefe said: 'I have nothing to say to my former partner and I am not sure if she is my former partner'
Orly Lavee is seen earlier this year following the incident at her home in Randwick, in Sydney's eastern suburbs. She suffered a cut and swelling to her lip and an abrasion to her back as a result of the incident, the court heard
Dr Lavee warned him she would tell the media about his extramarital affairs and drug use, the court heard.
O'Keefe called her a 'lying c*** and a stupid cow'.
He kicked her in the buttocks at one point and pushed her against the carpet floor, before finding she had hidden his phone in a cupboard.
O'Keefe then left the house for good.
In a later interview with police, O'Keefe admitted to slapping, kicking and spitting on Dr Lavee.
Dr Lavee suffered a cut to her lip and an abrasion to her back, the latter which O'Keefe said may have been caused by a slip at the party earlier.
The next day he was involuntarily committed to hospital as a psychiatric patient.
O'Keefe was swamped by a media pack on the footpath outside Waverley Local Court, after the decision on Friday
Magistrate Ross Hudson found O'Keefe had been in a 'hyper-manic' bipolar state at the time of the offending, was remorseful and contrite.
He has had dozens of psychological and psychiatric appointments and weeks-long stays receiving mental health treatment.
The court heard O'Keefe's family had an extensive history of mood disorders - with his rockstar uncle Johnny O'Keefe spending two months of almost every year at the Ryde Psychiatric hospital.
A further assault charge, related to an alleged incident in Kangaroo Valley, was dropped, and an apprehended violence order between the pair continued.
When Daily Mail Australia asked O'Keefe outside court if his television career was over, he said: 'I'm not sure if I'm over or if TV's over.'
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