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Second man fined for Roxy Jacenko graffiti

A man who filmed another scrawling an obscene phrase on Roxy Jacenko's office wall has been fined. (AAP)

A second man has been fined over obscene graffiti about Roxy Jacenko scrawled on the Sydney publicist's office.

The seven-metre phrase "Roxy is a c***" was sprayed outside Ms Jacenko's Sweaty Betty agency in Paddington as well as a nearby skip bin in April 2019.

Anthony Hess had initially denied the matter, only for footage to emerge during unrelated police investigations into the second man in 2020.

He was fined $2400 in June for two counts of aggravated intentional and non-consensual marking of a premises.

The second man, who AAP has not named for legal reasons, was fined $1600 after changing his pleas to guilty on Friday.

Bryan Wrench said his client wasn't involved in the animosity between Jacenko and Hess and had wanted the c-word to be crook, not c***.

"He does not know who Roxy is, it's regrettable he got involved in the whole situation," Mr Wrench told Downing Centre Local Court.

The man also pleaded guilty to offences related to 1.62 grams of methamphetamine found on him in December and a positive roadside drug test in January. He was fined $600 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Currently in a NSW drug rehabilitation facility, he had himself been the victim of a series of hostile and threatening messages, abuse and graffiti attacks in the past year, Mr Wrench said.

Before the GoPro footage emerged, Jacenko unsuccessfully sought a restraining order against Hess.

In June, she celebrated the court fining Hess as "we have set the record straight about this incident, proving beyond reasonable doubt" Hess did it.

"Thank you to the team at Surry Hills (Police) who were so incredible to deal with and believed every single bit if (sic) evidence I took to them as well as my genuine fear for not only my safety but that of my kids," she posted to Instagram.

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