Salim Mehajer, Auburn's man of the moment, has been fined $220 for "his conspicuous display of wealth", the city's mayor has revealed.
But his adoring public hardly cared a whoop. They'd turned up to see him emerge from four days playing cat and mouse as Saturday's wedding farce went viral on the internet and put Lidcombe on everyone's lips. 
More than 200 supporters waited to see if he would attend Auburn Council's monthly meeting on Wednesday evening.
He did not disappoint, sweeping into the council chamber as councillors debated a motion to censor him. He was 15 minutes late. But that did not matter to his rent-a-crowd, who cheered, whooped and clapped every time their hero managed to score a point without saying a word.
They carried signs declaring "we support Salim Mehajer". There were young and old, schoolchildren, young women, elders of the local Lebanese community. Also along for the ride were members of the deputy mayor's posse of young men in beards, trackie-daks and scowls.
"Salim has been made an example of in the media," said a secondary school student. "All he did was get married. So there was some stuff, but there are bigger things to worry about in Australia."
The mayor, Ronney Oueik, seemed to agree, telling the council his deputy had already paid
the fine.
"He is on his honeymoon, the wedding had got out of control and became a national event, and there were more important things for the Baird government to investigate."
Cr Mehajer said nothing but smiled as two councillors, Irene Simms and George Campbell, failed to get support for two motions: one to have the Minister for Local Government, Paul Toole, investigate and the other to censor him "for bringing shame on Auburn".
The public gallery cheered and blew raspberries.
The mayor said his deputy had been fined $220 for illegally blocking Frances Street, Lidcombe while filming his wedding on Saturday.
Cr George Campbell said there was a "great deal of public disquiet about the events last Saturday". He said a street "was taken over by the deputy mayor and his behaviour reeked of extravagance and narcissism ... a great many people were offended by it".
Cr Campbell said there was a petition signed by 5000 people demanding Cr Mehajer's sacking.
"If we don't make a clear statement, we will be complicit in his actions"
Council workers said it was the biggest attendance at a council meeting in memory.
Nearly 20 cameramen and photographers gathered outside the council chambers in Susan Street, Auburn, to watch the deputy mayor arrive in a white Ferrari.