After yet another boozy scandal involving the former paparazzo we have to examine: doesn’t Geelong deserve more than a floating Christmas tree for its troubles?Darryn Lyons,the Liberal mayor of Geelong, has built his entire career on tasteless public displays. The architect’s son from suburban Leopold, or who earned his reputation as a war photographer in Bosnia and then monetised it as a relentless paparazzo in London,has styled himself with loud suits and colourful mohawks into some kind of rainbow-vomit uber-bogan.
He made a fortune trashing the privacy of others, and indulged his fortune with trash. The likes of Sienna Miller, and Lily Allen,Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and JK Rowling took legal action against his paparazzi company for harassment and invasion of privacy – Rowling winning an injunction to prevent paparazzi following her infant son.
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Source: theguardian.com