Footy star’s bizarre court outburst after forcing police to smash his windows and drag him out of his unregistered car when he was pulled over
- Former NRL star Brent Kite appeared in Queanbeyan Local Court in Canberra
- The 40-year-old was charged on February 9 for driving an unregistered car
- Other charges Kite is facing include refusing to show his drivers licence to police
- Bizzarely told the court it had ‘no authority’ over him in rant that raised eyebrows
A former NRL star has gone on a bizarre rant at a magistrate as he was hauled before court for refusing to take a roadside breath test.
Brent Kite, 40, who won the prestigious Clive Churchill Medal in the 2008 grand final for the Manly Sea Eagles, faced Queanbeyan Local Court in Canberra.
He was charged on February 9 with refusing to show his licence to police and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.
Police allege police in Monaro, in southern NSW saw Kite driving a car with a cancelled registration.
Officers pulled over the ex-Sea Eagles, Dragons, Raiders and Panthers veteran at a unit complex in Queanbeyan.
Former NRL star Brent Kite appeared in a Canberra court on Monday to answer charges of refusing to show his licence to police, driving an unregistered motor vehicle on the road and using an uninsured vehicle on the road (pictured, with wife Haley)
In bizarre scene, a casually dressed Kite (pictured) also told the Queanbeyan court they had ‘no authority’ over him
When Kite was asked to hand over his driver’s licence before a random breath test, the prop refused to open his car window.
Police allege they were forced to smash in Kite’s window to arrest him when he refused to get out of the car.
Kite later returned a negative breath test at Queanbeyan Police Station.
He represented himself in court, pleading not guilty to all charges.
‘Before I was arrested, I was assaulted, [police] smashed my car,’ he told the court, according to the Canberra Times.
Kite claimed he was exercising his ‘constitutional rights’ by not complying with the police directive.
When a bemused Magistrate Rodger Clisdell asked Kite if he had joined the Sovereign Citizens political movement, Kite responded: ‘you can’t tell me what I am and am not’.
‘I’m just me, Brent, a living man… the corporation has no authority over the living man.’
Kite demanded the case be dealt with by a jury with two magistrates present, arguing it was requirement that ‘goes back to Bible times’.
Magistrate Clisdell wanted Kite he would not tolerate ‘nonsense’ in his courtroom, which the wayward star took issue with.
‘It’s not nonsense, mate,’ he shouted.
‘I’ve been bashed and pulled out of my car before I’ve been arrested. Does that sound like due process?’
The 2008 Clive Churchill medal winner later told Magistrate Rodger Clisdell he ‘wouldn’t be bowing’ as his charges were read out
Kite suggested the female police prosecutor would ‘need a lot of time to pin this on me’ and may need to hand the case over.
‘If there’s a junior McJuniorburger, give [the case] to them,’ he said.
He also claimed the road rules were ‘nonsense’ and he wouldn’t obey the instructions of the ‘s**tty little court’.
The matter was adjourned until June 21, with the magistrate urging the one time NSW Blues and Australian Kangaroos front-rower to engage in the services of a lawyer.
When Kite said he didn’t need a lawyer and intimated he wouldn’t respect the rules of the court, Magistrate Clisdell said the defendant had ‘been in one too many (footy) scrums.’
Before leaving the room, Kite also stated there ‘wouldn’t be any of that bowing s**t from me’ – in reference to usual courtesy displayed towards a Magistrate.
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