WCBS reporter Brendan Keefe attacked by drunk golfer at country club
July 16, 2010
Maybe he should have stayed in
A former WCBS reporter who ditched
Brendan Keefe and his wife were attacked by a drunken golfer at the Ivy Hills Country Club outside
The beating left him with a fractured eye socket and severed tear duct that will keep him off the air for a month.
His wife, former CBS news writer Tiffany Keefe, was shoved to the pavement in the scuffle and suffered a skull fracture and concussion, police said. Cheap Tiffanys
“It doesn’t sound like there’s any permanent damage for both of us, which is really good news,” Brendan Keefe told The Cincinnati Enquirer on Tuesday.
Things got ugly when Duane Thompson, 38, lost control of his golf cart and it crashed near a spot where Tiffany Keefe was sitting with her infant daughter, cops said.
A heated argument broke out, and Thompson allegedly pushed the mother down to the ground, knocking her unconscious.
Brendan Keefe, who was in the pool with his 3-year-old son, ran to his wife - and the two men exchanged blows.
“We were victims of a vicious and unprovoked attack by a drunk man,” Keefe said. “All I care about is my wife’s recovery and the safety of my young children.” link of london charm bracelets
Thompson was arrested and charged with assault, cops said.
Keefe - now an anchor on WCPO - told The Enquirer he left for
“We moved our family from
Shortly before the move, the Emmy Award-winning reporter was arrested for cursing at a cop while covering a water-main break in
NYPD cops used a loudspeaker to tell Keefe to move out of the street during the
“Why don’t you get out of your warm, f—–g car instead of saying it over your microphone?” Keefe snapped.
He was booked at the 115th Precinct stationhouse, charged with obstructing governmental administration and released. The resolution of the case could not be determined last night.


