A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to assaulting popular Irish influencer Charleen Murphy in a hotel earlier this year.
According to The Irish Independent, Craig O’Brien (28) of Thomond Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, pleaded guilty to causing harm to the social media star in February at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday.
Judge Orla Crowe set a sentence date of November 24, 2023, and remanded him in continuing custody until that date.
Lisa Dempsey BL, prosecuting, told the court that CCTV will be played at the hearing.
A victim impact statement was ordered and the hearing is estimated to last half an hour.
Charleen was enjoying dinner with a friend when the accused allegedly approached her from behind and “punched her full force to the back of the head”.
It’s understood the man was “someone known to her and her friend through personal online abuse on various social media accounts”.
Charleen was hospitalised after the alleged incident in February, after her head rebounded off a glass in front of her when she was punched, resulting in a two-inch laceration to the right side her face.
The next day, the influencer appeared in court to give evidence at a bail hearing.
The accused was remanded in custody after Garda Stephen McDonnell objected to bail as he stressed the seriousness of the alleged incident.
