The documents reveal the woman called triple zero at about 1.30am, after suspecting Pledger of having a mental health episode.

While on the phone to police the woman said, “he’s coming”, before the phone disconnected.

Police arrived at the home about 20 minutes later to find the woman on the floor in pain, court documents reveal. She told them Pledger had fled before they arrived.

According to court documents, detectives obtained video footage of the March 25 incident after finding a motion-activated camera screwed into a light fixture in the woman’s lounge room. The woman told police the device belonged to Pledger, but she had been unaware it contained a camera.

The documents say she suffered injuries including possible strangulation as a result of the alleged attack.

Pledger was a child actor on The Secret Life of Us and played Noah Parkin on Neighbours in 2011, before starring as aspiring doctor Mason Morgan on Home and Away from 2016 to 2019. His most recent television appearance was in 2022 on reality TV show SAS Australia, on which concerns were raised over his “erratic behaviour”.

He voluntarily left SAS Australia early in the series after being called on to discuss his lack of engagement. When asked how he was handling the show’s training program, which is designed to reflect Special Air Service selection, Pledger surprised the show’s hosts by quitting.

“I want to go home,” he replied. Pledger’s former manager has previously told this masthead the actor was suffering serious mental health issues.

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