TVT Vault: When current affairs reporting gets brutal

In 2017 when he worked for A Current Affair, reporter Taylor Auerbach was chasing court stories…

Originally published May 31 2017

Court houses are a hotbed of emotional drama. Usually journalists are just observers, but not everyone reacts well. https://t.co/FyaKTvYTxU pic.twitter.com/lUeziKqNQO

— A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) May 30, 2017

A Current Affair reporter Taylor Auerbach copped the full brunt of an angry 74-year-old Christie Kovachevski outside a Wollongong courthouse.

Auerbach kept his cool under trying conditions eventually retreating when Kovachevski turned on the crew.

It isn’t clear if assault charges will be laid.