00:00 TV and radio presenter Eumie Steins claims to be afraid of her life after leaving her
00:05 nine-year-old husband, which claims that she is violent with her.
00:10 Ms Steins and her ex-husband Martin Bendler took part in the Sydney Downing Centre local
00:15 court on Thursday to confront a legal war on allegations of harassment.
00:20 Mr Bendler challenges the implementation of a captured violence order that restricts his
00:26 interactions with his ex-wife.
00:29 Under the standard conditions of the restriction order, it should not be attacking, threatening,
00:34 deviating, harassing or scaring or damaging its property.
00:39 Media personality Eumie Steins with his ex-husband Martin Bendler.
00:44 The couple married about nine years before leaving.
00:48 Mr Bendler, a practical lawyer, was not accused of injustice, and the court heard that he
00:54 was not a criminal record.
00:56 In December last year, the police, who claimed that he was afraid of his safety for harassing
01:02 his ex-lover, was issued by the police on behalf of Mrs Steins.
01:07 Police prosecutor Michael Cleaver "the volume of messages received by the complainant and
01:12 the nature of messages," he said.
01:15 The court told the author to the police that Mr Bendler never hurt him, but he believed
01:19 that his behaviour was increasingly unpredictable.
01:23 Mrs Steins gave evidence in a closed courtroom.
01:27 After a second statement, TV and the radio server called police to act on "discomfort
01:32 and fear," which was harassed by his ex-husband.
01:37 The court heard that he had sent 242 messages to his ex-wife during the period of Mr Bendler's
01:44 complaint, but the police saw certain messages only by Mrs Steins.
01:49 His lawyer Paul McGurr told the court that there was no threat to any of the messages,
01:54 and he described Mr Bendler as "a man who does not contain violence."
01:59 Mrs Steins argued that she used complaint that she used her as weapon instead of a shield
02:05 to support position in separate legal dispute.
02:08 McGurr said to court, "It is not only a coincidence to ask for an AVO, but the family
02:14 caught in corner.
02:16 There is a bad smell about it."
02:19 In a police statement, he said he was afraid of his life.
02:23 He told the police he was afraid of his ex-husband.
02:27 Mr Bendler, Mrs Steins never hurt and even for years of marriage to him in the marriage
02:32 of her said.
02:34 When the lawyer knocked on door in December felt that his ex-wife's messages were harassing
02:38 and inappropriate, client felt "humiliated scared."
02:43 Despite police proposal to contact Mrs Steins only through lawyers, the court heard that
02:48 Mr Bendler sent a message only hours after police visit.
02:53 Inside, Mr Cleaver talked about sexual encounter with another woman, whom he said was designed
02:59 to awaken disgust and harassed.
03:02 However, Mr McGurr said that the discussion was not suitable for an old couple who was
03:07 open to sex.
03:09 Mrs Steins will have to wait a month to learn the result.
03:13 Mrs Steins claimed that she didn't want her ex-husband stop her to stop texting her, but
03:19 Mr Cleaver Mr Bendler argued that he had ignored the objection and con.
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