SEPTEMBER 13, 1995—INXS SINGER MICHAEL HUTCHENCE PLEADED GUILTY TUESAY TO PUNCHING A PHOTOGRAPHER OUTSIDE A LONDON HOTEL WHERE HE HAD SPENT THE NIGHT WITH BOB GELDOF’S ESTRANGED WIFE.
THE ROCKER WAS FINED $620 AND ORDERED TO PAY $2,900 IN COURT COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSES.
HUTCHENCE, 35, SNAPPED BECAUSE OF MEDIA ATTENTION OVER HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PAULA YATES, SAID HIS ATTORNEY, JONATHAN LAIDLAW.
HUTCHENCE PUNCHED PHOTOGRAPHER JIM BENNETT IN THE FACE ON MARCH 20 AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH YATES.