Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli superfan ‘who bombarded the Nova star with hundreds of messages and sent creepy dolls to his house’ could have her restraining order case DROPPED
- Police have brought an AVO against Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli fan Lisa Christian
- But a magistrate has suggested the case may be dealt with a different way
- Christian is accused of bombarding Wippa with texts, sending him a package
- The Nova host went to NSW Police on Saturday due to growing concern
An AVO against Wippa super-fan Lisa Christian may not go ahead, a court heard
An apprehended violence order case against a super-fan of Nova breakfast host Wippa could be dropped after a magistrate flagged concerns raised by a health worker.
Lisa Christian, who ran a fan site for the radio star named ‘All My Love’, appeared at Sydney’s Downing Centre local court on Wednesday morning.
Four days earlier, prominent radio presenter and comedian Wippa went to police out of concern at Ms Christian’s alleged ‘escalating’ behaviour.
Wippa alleged that Ms Christian had bombarded him with messages and sent him a package of dolls to his home address in the city’s east after tracking down his address.
Police have applied for an AVO against Ms Christian which would ban her from contacting Wippa or coming within 200m of his home.
Magistrate Jane Mottley told the court today that the court had received a message from a health worker raising concerns about an intellectual disability.
The message was ‘very unusual in the manner in which its come to the court’ in that it was sent directly to the magistrate.
Ms Christian allegedly bombarded Wippa with hundreds of messages and sent him a package of dolls late last month
Ms Christian runs a fan website for Wippa named All My Love. She had a long-standing interest in the presenter, according to court documents (above, with Wippa, Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald and a Nova mascot)
The message suggested that Ms Christian’s case could be dealt with in an alternative way involving the Justice Health agency.
Magistrate Mottley said the message ‘might inform’ how the AVO case ultimately proceeds.
Magistrate Mottley compared Ms Christian’s case to a 2010 District Court decision where an intervention order brought against an intellectually disabled woman was ruled to be both inappropriate and ‘unfair’.
Ms Christian’s Legal Aid lawyer Matthew Bogunovich said that he was instructed to oppose the AVO application if it went ahead.
The magistrate ordered police serve their evidence on Ms Christian’s defence by August 4.
In their application, police said alleged Ms Christian began messaging Wippa on Instagram in August 2019.
The texts weren’t threatening and didn’t always make sense, the court document said.
Wippa, above with his wife Lisa, has co-hosted ‘Fitzy and Wippa’ on Nova since 2011 and recently featured on the Nine Network’s Celebrity Apprentice program
However, the star ‘became increasingly concerned when the defendant mentioned one of (Wippa’s) children and knowledge of the (person in need of protection’s) residential address.’
The super-fan shares pictures of plasticene dolls she makes on social media
In late June, Ms Christian sent a message containing a Domain article which describes details of Wippa’s $6.5million property in Sydney’s east.
She asked if she could send ‘monkey dolls’ directly to his home, rather than to Nova’s offices, the court document said.
On July 1, Wippa opened a parcel at home and found dolls wrapped in bubble wrap with a pink note stuck to them, police said.
He reported it to police at the weekend.
The AVO document said Wippa ‘is concerned about the defendant’s behaviour escalating and is concerned about what she may do next.’
The matter returns to court in a month. Wippa is on holidays.
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