Melissa Caddick's husband hires lawyer to Salim Mehajer and Bruce Lehrmann
The husband of deceased conwoman Melissa Caddick will draw on the legal services of a colourful lawyer as he fights assault charges.
Anthony Koletti has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 73-year-old woman Julie Brandon at a park overlooking Sydney's eastern beaches.
The 43-year-old hairdresser previously represented himself in the matter.
But on Monday, he entered Downing Centre Local Court alongside solicitor Zali Burrows.
Among her breadth of clients, Burrows has represented disgraced former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, one-time federal Labor leader and prime ministerial hopeful Mark Latham and a Sydney deputy mayor who boasted a lavish lifestyle and also had sights on The Lodge, Salim Mehajer.
Koletti's matter was set down for a two-day hearing starting June 11.
He is accused of assaulting the woman on July 23 at the Lighthouse Reserve in Vaucluse in Sydney's east.
She did not require medical treatment.
Ms Brandon, 73, was allegedly bundled to the ground by the hairstylist after he allegedly shoulder-charged in a Sydney park.
The hairdresser now lives in a rented unit near a cemetery, 500m from where the alleged assault took place.
It is a short drive from the $10million Dover Heights mansion he once shared with conwoman Caddick before she vanished the day after an ASIC raid in 2020.
Melissa Caddick's widower Anthony Koletti has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 73-year-old woman. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)
Zali Burrows has added Anthony Koletti to her list of high-profile clients. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
The park is a short distance from the Dover Heights home Koletti and Caddick shared before she disappeared in 2020.
Caddick, a self-styled financial adviser, went missing after plundering $23 million from family and friends via an investment scam to live a life of luxury.
The 49-year-old's luxury home had been raided days earlier by ASIC agents investigating her Ponzi scheme.
