Alleged threats made to Grant

A man accused of making threats to former ABC presenter Stan Grant and his family has described himself as a “right-wing Christian conservative”, posting his alleged threats via video on social media.

Michael Steven Davis faced Fairfield Local Court on four charges, including one of using a carriage service to threaten serious harm and three counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend Mr Grant.

The alleged threats came after Mr Grant stepped down from hosting Q+A due to online abuse and racism.

Court documents reveal the threat was made via Facebook video, while the menace and harass charges were posted on Twitter.

“This is a message for my man Stan Grant, the f**kwit, mate if I see you in the street after you call my people scum, I’m going to beat the living f**king shit out of you,” Mr Davis says in a Facebook video posted to an account listed in court documents.

“You piece of f**king shit, you trying to f**king segregate the country … I’ll f**k you up, you c**t.” In another video posted to Twitter, Mr Davis allegedly calls Mr Grant a “racist piece of f**king s**t”.

Mr Grant reported the online threats to police in Sydney just before noon on Tuesday May 23.

Officers investigated the threats before arresting 41year-old Mr Davis at Fairfield Heights about 6.40pm the following day.

Mr Davis also live-streamed the moment he was confronted by police prior to his arrest, with the video still posted to his account as of Wednesday morning. The 41-year-old describes himself on Facebook as a “right-wing Christian conservative”.

Mr Davis’ lawyer, Peter Mitchell, told the court his client was very “nervous” about fronting the court as he “suffers from anxiety”.

A police prosecutor told the court the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is taking over the matter, which will be transferred to the Downing Centre Local Court.