Ben O’Reilly pleads not guilty to assault and robbery

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Ben O’Reilly pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm and robbery, as reported on 13 December 2019. The alleged incident occurred at Fernanda de Freitas’s home on 20 May 2017.

O’Reilly told gardaí that De Freitas attacked him with a stiletto during a dispute over payment after consensual sex. He said he struck her, held her neck briefly during a struggle and left with her iPhone, believing it was his own phone.