FORMER NRL bad boy John Hopoate allegedly intimidated a Triple M reporter at his son’s court case, “stomping” on her foot as she stood near a stair case.

The reporter, Desiree Savage, wrote an article for Triple M detailing the incident at Sydney’s Central Local Court, where Jamil Hopoate was facing assault and affray charges.

“On leaving court around 9.40am, I was holding a microphone, and was doing the usual journalist thing of asking questions as they left court,” Savage wrote.

“As you can see from the photos, I was walking to the far right, and at one point Jamil’s father John walks over and stomps on my left ankle, subsequently making me trip over.

“I was very close to the top of the stone steps — it could have been a lot worse.”

Jamil Hopoate, and John and Luke Akaula, have been accused of injuring two other men outside a Manly nightspot in February. Hopoate is expected to plead not guilty to the charges when he returns to court on October 7.

John Hopoate has a long history of ill-discipline, including being charged with intimidating a council ranger last year.

Most infamously, Hopoate Snr made headlines around the world in 2001 when he inserted his finger in three players’ backsides in an attempt to unsettle them.

The former NRL star was charged with unlawful sexual connection in relation to the incident.

Photos courtesy of Triple M Sydney.