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JOCKEY Danny Nikolic is being investigated over a confrontation with a police officer.
Nikolic and the officers' heads allegedly clashed at St Kilda police station during the heated encounter on Wednesday, before he rode at Sandown races.
Nikolic, who has denied wrongdoing, had been at the station voluntarily for questioning for about an hour over an alleged assault on March 7 of a woman at the Barkly Hotel in St Kilda.
The woman is believed to be the partner of another jockey, Mark Pegus.
Nikolic had earlier this year allegedly clashed with Pegus in a fracas that was not reported to police until a month after it allegedly occurred.
It is believed police have told Racing Victoria's Integrity Department of the investigation.
Sources have told the Herald Sun that several jockeys who were at the Barkly that day have been questioned
Nikolic last night declined to comment.
Pegus, a former close friend of Nikolic, is riding in Mauritius.
Victoria Police confirmed it was investigating an incident at the St Kilda police station.
"A 36-year-old man was involved in a physical confrontation with a male police officer about 2pm," a force statement said.
"The officer was not injured. The Port Melbourne man was being interviewed in relation to an alleged assault of a 22-year-old woman."
The alleged police station drama came after an eventful 12 months for Nikolic, who last year was cleared of a potentially career-ending charge, but was then suspended for two months for misconduct on a separate charge.
On February 27, his former father-in-law Les Samba was murdered in Middle Park.
Nikolic was voluntarily questioned by police within days of the killing.
His brother John was last Friday quizzed by homicide squad investigators over the murder.
The investigation into the Samba murder continues.
JOCKEY Danny Nikolic is being investigated over a confrontation with a police officer.
Nikolic and the officers' heads allegedly clashed at St Kilda police station during the heated encounter on Wednesday, before he rode at Sandown races.
Nikolic, who has denied wrongdoing, had been at the station voluntarily for questioning for about an hour over an alleged assault on March 7 of a woman at the Barkly Hotel in St Kilda.
The woman is believed to be the partner of another jockey, Mark Pegus.
Nikolic had earlier this year allegedly clashed with Pegus in a fracas that was not reported to police until a month after it allegedly occurred.
It is believed police have told Racing Victoria's Integrity Department of the investigation.
Sources have told the Herald Sun that several jockeys who were at the Barkly that day have been questioned
Nikolic last night declined to comment.
Pegus, a former close friend of Nikolic, is riding in Mauritius.
Victoria Police confirmed it was investigating an incident at the St Kilda police station.
"A 36-year-old man was involved in a physical confrontation with a male police officer about 2pm," a force statement said.
"The officer was not injured. The Port Melbourne man was being interviewed in relation to an alleged assault of a 22-year-old woman."
The alleged police station drama came after an eventful 12 months for Nikolic, who last year was cleared of a potentially career-ending charge, but was then suspended for two months for misconduct on a separate charge.
On February 27, his former father-in-law Les Samba was murdered in Middle Park.
Nikolic was voluntarily questioned by police within days of the killing.
His brother John was last Friday quizzed by homicide squad investigators over the murder.
The investigation into the Samba murder continues.
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