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Sydney police are investigating former Miss USA beauty queen Nikki Poteet over new claims of assault, stalking and intimidation.
Candace Sutton JULY 30, 20204:14PM
Former Miss USA Nikki Poteet walking on the catwalk.
Police are investigating new claims of assault, stalking and intimidation by former Miss USA beauty queen Nikki Poteet against a former male partner.
Three police local area commands in different parts of NSW have been involved in an operation over the past six weeks to interview Ms Poteet over the allegations.
The glamorous former pageant winner has already been charged with allegedly whipping a man, her 43-year-old ex-fiance, with a dog chain.
Ms Poteet, a southern belle from a well-connected Virginia, USA, family who came to live in Australian in 2014, entered a plea of not guilty in June to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Burwood Police have sought to interview Ms Poteet, who responded to a warning on the COPS system to hand herself in and give them a statement by reporting to Springwood Police Station.
Police are investigating complaints by a man who claims she broke a glass over his head, spat in his face, broke his nose, placed him in a headlock and stalked and intimidated him.
Police have interviewed two witnesses as well as the alleged victim over the claims
Ms Poteet, 34, has been living with her new partner, Indigenous artist Nathan Peckham in the NSW regional city of Dubbo, whose police were also seeking to interview her.
The alleged dog chain assault allegedly occurred in April in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Croydon.
Police will allege the accused, whose full name is Brittany Nicole Poteet, punched the alleged victim in the face and then whipped him across his back with a metal-buckled chain belonging to his own dog, allegedly causing gashes.
Ms Poteet has recently performed as a female wrestler and performs for Kingdon Wrestling Entertainment.
Ms Poteet, a southern belle from a well-connected Virginia family, is being investigated over claims she punched the man and stalked him and his children. Picture: AlamySource:Supplied
Brittany Nicole Poteet, a former Miss United States and Miss Virginia USA beauty queen has lived in Australia since 2014. Picture: FacebookSource:Facebook
Ms Poteet won the Miss Globe Australia 2019 beauty pageant and has a bachelor of Biomedical Engineering and a masters of Nuclear Engineering
Her grandfather was the dean of faculties of private men’s tertiary institution, Hampden-Sydney College, one of the USA’s oldest universities.
Her grandmother is a legacy alumni of the Virginia Commonwealth University, and her uncle is a former dean of medicine at the same institution.
In 2011, Ms Poteet was crowned Miss Virginia USA, and went on to compete at the national Miss USA pageant.
However, Ms Poteet was forced to hand back her Miss United States crown after she posted a picture of herself wearing it on Facebook with the caption “Miss Alcoholic USA”.
In 2013, having lost her pageant crown, Miss Poteet registered her own corporation with the intention of establishing her own beauty pageant, however no pageants eventuated.
Nikki Poteet has been charged with alleged assault.Source:Supplied
Nikki Poteet with her new love, artist Nathan Peckham. Picture: Facebook Source:Supplied. Ms Poteet came to Australia in 2014. Picture: Instagram
In March 2013, Richmond County, Virginia police arrested Ms Poteet following a dispute with her ex-boyfriend, James McElroy, NBC news reported.
Charged with misdemeanour assault and battery. Ms Poteet faced a Richmond court in May 2013.
The judge dismissed the charges after prosecutors told the court Mr McElroy was no longer able to recall the incident.
The same year, Mr McElroy was charged with possession and distribution of methamphetamines and in 2016 took his own life.
In Australia, Ms Poteet has worked briefly for a recruitment consultancy firm in the energy sector.
In 2016, she was a guest speaker for women’s business networking group, Business In Heels, promoting an anti-ageing skincare product called Nerium.
Ms Poteet’s matter is listed for mention in Burwood Local Court in August.
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