Everybody needs good neighbours, but Ramsay St star was ‘shamed' by his over alleged Nazi salute
Damien Patrick Richardson faced Moorabbin Magistrates' Court on Tuesday after he was charged with performing a Nazi salute last year.
Police allege the 55-year-old actor performed the gesture at a restaurant in McKinnon, in Melbourne's south-east, on September 14, 2024.
Details of the charge were not aired in court as Richardson appeared in person, on summons, and dates for coming hearings were set.
Richardson's lawyer, Peter Monagle, asked for his client's suburb to be removed from documents that were to be released to media, as the actor's neighbours had tried to 'shame' him.
'Mr Richardson did have posters of him posted outside a bus stop in the area in which he lives,' Monagle told the court.
'There has been a concerted effort to get Mr Richardson to feel shame, by some within that area.'
Richardson will next face court on June 20.
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