Above: artist's impression of the spat.When she called us up on Wednesday and threatened us with defamation action, we wondered why she would bother harassing the writers of such a small blog. The following reveals the answer all too clearly: Caroline Overington appears to be utterly deranged.
Award-winning journalist Caroline Overington hurled abuse at Labor candidate for Wentworth George Newhouse before slapping him across the face at a polling station in Sydney's east, witnesses say.
Ms Overington, a Walkley winning reporter who works for The Australian newspaper, has been embroiled in a dispute involving a series of emails to independent candidate Dani Ecuyer urging her to preference Wentworth Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull.
Ms Ecuyer is the ex-girlfriend of Mr Newhouse.
Ms Overington also sent a series of flirtatious emails to Mr Newhouse, which were then published in rival papers.
Polling booth attendants and voters were shocked to see Ms Overington stride up to Mr Newhouse, strike him across the face and then walk away, those who saw the incident told AAP.
Despite witnesses saying that Overington slapped Newhouse, she has apparently denied it but "admitted pushing him away with an open hand when he approached her", according to the report on news.com.au (biased because it's her employer, mind).
Election day gold.
If I were Caroline Overington I wouldn't be too worried about my job, though. That partisan dickhead Glenn Milne acted even worse and is still sitting pretty.
UPDATE: The SMH is reporting more eyewitness accounts plus what Newhouse had to say about Overington's actions:
Witnesses saw Overington, an award-winning writer for News Ltd's The Australian, punch Mr Newhouse in the head at an eastern suburbs polling station after the two had a heated exchange.
Mr Newhouse said: "I was standing there and it was a completely unprovoked attack. I suddenly got whacked.
"It was more than a slap. It felt like a closed whack."
Surprised witnesses said Overington and Mr Newhouse engaged in a "vigorous heated debate" inside the gate of the polling station about lunchtime yesterday.
"Then she punched him around the ear. George was visibly shocked," a witness, who did not want to be named, said.
"Newhouse then shouted, 'I'm going to report this.'
"George was not a happy camper and nor should he be. He was the aggrieved party."
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It's pretty obvious that someone is rooting someone in that love triangle.
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