Adrian Portelli to fight hooning charges on 'principle'

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The businessman will pay thousands in legal fees to fight three driving charges in court, in order to prove a point.

Portelli fronted Sunshine Magistrates' Court today over charges relating to a hooning incident inProsecutors offered to withdraw two of the three offences in court today, but Portelli's lawyer Warwick Walsh-Buckley said they would fight them on "principle".Surviving victim of mushroom poisoning farewells wife at emotional serviceHe was charged with careless driving and two other driving offences for allegedly causing his car to skid.

"I've instructed the legal team not to accept any deals, and they are relatively small charges," he said. "It doesn't make real ... sense to fight them, but lucky I'm fortunate enough to be in a position to fight them principle. "We are willing to take it all the way, and we won't be accepting any deals."'Move to higher ground': Flash flooding hits Victoria's eastThe businessman is no stranger to attention after he bid $4.5 million to purchase his first-ever home on The Block's Season 18 last November.

 

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