Tony Veitch's lawyers today blocked the publication of material from a police file news media had obtained under the Official Information Act.
His lawyers got an interim High Court injunction preventing disclosure from the file, which related to the recent prosecution of the former broadcaster. Veitch, 35, was last month sentenced to nine months' supervision, 300 hours community service, fined $10,000 and ordered to attend a Preventing Violence course, after admitting injuring his former girlfriend, Kristin Dunne-Powell.
Six charges of male assaults female were dropped by the Crown.
The order prevents police from disclosing the contents of the file to "any person", and any further publication of details by news organisations.
A further hearing of the injunction, granted by Justice Jill Mallon in the High Court at Wellington, is set down for next Tuesday, May 26.
NZPA