Anthony Koletti, partner of con-woman Melissa Caddick, charged with common assault
Police sources say Anthony Kolletti was walking about 5pm on Wednesday, July 23 in Lighthouse Reserve at Vaucluse when he walked towards two people he did not know, before allegedly “barging” past one of them.
He continued on his walk and then as he looped back, he walked past the couple again. One of the two allegedly took a photo of him and handed it in to police.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.On Tuesday police made an appeal for information, releasing a photograph on Facebook of a man in a black Under Armour t-shirt, black cap and sunglasses.
In a statement police said a 73-year-old woman alleged she was assaulted by a man at about 5pm on Wednesday, July 23 in Lighthouse Reserve at Vaucluse.
The elderly woman did not require medical treatment.
Police made a public appeal for information on Tuesday, releasing the image of a man in a black Under Armour t-shirt, black cap and sunglasses.
Mr Koletti, 43, attended Waverley Police Station at about 6.30pm on Wednesday, and has since been charged with common assault.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at the Downing Centre Local Court on September 5.
NewsWire approached Mr Koletti at the hairdressing salon where he works in Rose Bay earlier on Wednesday.
The part-time DJ and hairdresser refused to speak to our reporter and asked him to leave the salon after realising he was not there for a haircut.
Ms Caddick went missing just hours after her Dover Heights mansion was raided by the AFP and ASIC in November 2020.
The raid was conducted over a Ponzi scheme which she used to fleece investors of $20m to $30m.
Ms Caddick’s severed foot was found three months later on an isolated beach on the NSW South Coast, some 400km away from where she was last seen.
A coronial inquest held in 2023 found Ms Caddick was dead, but did not determine how, when, or where she died.
During the inquest, Deputy State Coroner Elizabeth Ryan concluded it was “most unlikely” the foot was severed “as a result of a deliberate act”.
Mr Koletti has never been charged with any crime relating to Ms Caddick’s disappearance or her criminal actions and is not accused of any wrongdoing in relation to either her activities or disappearance.
When Caddick’s shoe with skeletal remains washed up on a remote South Coast beach three months after she vanished, some hypothesised she faked her own death.
However, Deputy State Coroner Elizabeth Ryan ruled it was unlikely she severed her own foot in order to go on the run, saying there was no trail of evidence and she would have needed medical attention.
The coroner ruled Caddick was dead; however, it could not be determined how, when and where she died.
Originally published as Anthony Koletti, partner of con-woman Melissa Caddick, charged with common assault
