In an Instagram post, journalist says she ‘was about to just block and delete —but that day, I was done’

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A man has been charged for allegedly harassing Antoinette Lattouf after the ABC cut short the journalist’s five-day Sydney radio hosting assignment.

New South Wales police confirmed a 61-year-old man was arrested in Lake Cathie, south of Port Macquarie, on Tuesday after a search warrant was executed at his home just before 7am. He was charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.

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