He is also charged with aggravated stalking of his ex-partner, Maylea Tinecheff. October Cousins pleads not guilty to aggravated stalking and 20 counts of breaching a family violence restraining order relating to his ex-partner. November He is convicted of stalking his ex-partner but acquitted by a Perth court of restraining order breaches. He is sentenced to seven months jail, which is backdated to April. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback.
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Lindsay Lohan reveals her natural complexion in a make-up free selfie Fallen AFL star Ben Cousins has been spotted posing for a photograph with a glamorous fan as the recovering ice addict begins his new career in park football. Cousins has been charged with drug possession and refusing a drug test in , but the charges were later dropped.
He takes up a community support role with the West Coast Eagles — a requirement of his parole conditions. The club confirms the he told officials in April he no longer wanted the job. March Cousins pleaded not guilty to 14 offences in court, including breaching a family violence restraining order and a count each of aggravated stalking and threatening to injure, endanger or harm.
April Cousins is arrested in Perth with a Cousins is released from jail on bail after eight months inside. April Cousins is arrested in Perth after allegedly being caught with 2. He is also charged with aggravated stalking of his ex-partner, Maylea Tinecheff. October Cousins pleads not guilty to aggravated stalking and 20 counts of breaching a family violence restraining order relating to his ex-partner.
November He is convicted of stalking his ex-partner but acquitted by a Perth court of restraining order breaches. Monday, July 23, favourite Harry Potter books. Monday, June 25, Similar events different media coverage eg a good Samaritan shot dead publicity 4 days -Steve Irwin dies months of publicity. Car bomb in Iraq brief mention - Bali bombings months.
Have we become desensitised to death murder and suffering. More people die in car bombings in Iraq every day than an were killed in the Bali bombings but no one seems to care about the Iraqi es because Mr bush has made the out to be the evil Nemesis. After all, the police will not give you a week's notice before the test.
Nor will they accept "sorry, can't provide a sample right now" as an excuse - unlike certain other drugs testers. Also in Cousins' car were two young women - described as "scantily clad" - but it's not yet clear what charges they may face, if any. At the same time, his out-of-contract team mate Daniel Chick was also pulled over and investigated. A passenger in this vehicle, Nathan Greaves , has been charged with possession of cocaine and cannabis following a search of his house.
It looks a lot like this cosy little par- tay was interrupted by the police. The predictable whiners and apologists over at the Big Footy forum had the usual mix of conspiracy theories and heads-in-the-sand, decrying this as a "sting operation" targeting Cousins and a waste of public resources.
Here's a tip kids: if you wander into the middle of a drugs sweep in your pimp-wagon and drive erratically, you'll get pulled. What's more, getting drug-affected motorists off the road is a good use of our tax dollars, regardless of how wealthy, famous or talented they are.
It seems certain that Cousins will never play professional footy again. He was already on a strict contract with the club following his very public fall from grace in March this year, triggering an expensive - but ultimately ineffective - bout of rehab. It was always doomed to failure, requiring him to, amongst things, avoid underworld figures.
Technically, just turning up to training with the West Coast Illegals constituted a breach of this clause. His half-arsed "public apology" was that of an unrepentant man.
While his time at the top has been relatively short, he packed a lot in. Brawling with Daniel Kerr. Giving advice along with Michael Gardiner to outlaw motorcycle gangs over their nightclub shootings. Fleeing a booze bus on foot. Collapsing out the front of a casino late at night. These are the sorts of punk-acts that he will be remembered as throwing away his career over: an arrogant spoilt brat who believed all his own hype and, in the end, wasn't big enough where it counted.
Ben Cousins had the whole world at his feet. A good-looking rich kid with a staggering talent for footy. Adoration from millions of fans. A salary 20 times greater than others his age. The highest awards from the game, including the Brownlow Medal. He had been given "one last chance" so many times that his club was a joke.
So keen were they to ensure his brilliance continued despite the damage, the League had to step in and threaten to take away premiership points to get them to act. Well, they've finally done it.
They tried everything to look the other way but, coming on top of Mainwaring's death just two weeks ago and lost sponsors , they just ran out of ladder and had to let Cousins drop. Even the players' union, under Brendon Gale , have washed their hands of him. That a selfish drug culture has been allowed to flourish in Perth is undeniable. Many former players and leaders are calling for further action for club officials.
Here at The Speccy , we're calling for an inquiry into the AFL's drug problem by an independent retired judicial figure - at the AFL's expense, not the taxpayers'. The outcome of this inquiry should determine what's happened and who's responsible before making recommendations for drug policy reform in the League.
The AFL cannot afford to wait for further careers to be destroyed - yet alone lives lost - before acting. Lawyer for Cousins, Shane Brennan , told the court had had spoken to police prosecutors who had agreed to the long adjournment. One can only presume that the court decided it's safe for him to leave the country on the grounds that all his drug dealers are here.
It's not yet clear if Cousins actually "found" a prescription for his Valium or if former team-mate and sparring partner Daniel Kerr who has a conviction for fraudulently passing a Valium script kindly sourced one for him. Or, maybe, rich people just don't need scripts?
In any case, his charge of refusing to subject himself to a drug test is proceeding: [The West Coast Eagles] released a statement that it had been informed by the West Australian police that the charge of being in possession of a prohibited substance had been dropped. The club noted however that, "this does not change the club position or the decision made on Wednesday to terminate Ben's contract because of repeated and serious breaches to his agreement with the club".
Doesn't really change much since the possession charge was always going to be tricky; all that coke and dope were carefully stashed in the other car. Not that it was Benny's gear. I mean, who on earth would leave their precious stash in Daniel Chick 's car?
News media are reporting that he was hospitalised , after a friend, software sales manager Susie Ella , made an emergency call at 5am: THE emergency early morning call to the Hermosa Beach Police Department last week described a year-old man "on cocaine not acting right".
Later, the caller added, the man "has been on cocaine for the past five days". The Herald has confirmed that Cousins was admitted to the Little Company of Mary hospital, in the adjoining suburb of Torrance, soon after the emergency call.
Cousins remained at the hospital for two days before being discharged on Friday, November 2. It described Cousins as "not acting right, is conscious and breathing". She told the operator Cousins had been on cocaine for the previous five days. She said he was "not being violent, is just scared". Of more concern is that allegation that he spent a couple of nights in Sydney with the notorious Michael Gardiner - hardly the actions of a man hell-bent on getting clean.
I suspected that his "network" in LA might consist of anyone with cocaine. While this is a large group - especially in Los Angeles - I didn't think that he would end up hanging with the IT crowd. As the Yanks say - go figure. It ruins team morale.
So while Cousins isn't a large man by any stretch, it's disturbing to think he could still intimidate the huge players in a violence-prone club like West Coast. I guess this is one more reason to get serious about drug testing in the AFL. Those players who opt out of footy's drug culture shouldn't have to put up with intimidation by their colleagues.
Labels: drugs , footy , underworld. Its a real shame that a young man has thrown his a career away but he knew the risks and its sad that he either choose not to or couldn't get out of that culture. While you on enquires, any chance you could call for one on the media? Channel 7 had one of the high profile employees die with a drug cocktail in his system and yet no spotlight is being pointed at them. Thank god no AFL players have died yet to my knowledge and yet the AFL have taken steps to help stop their players being court in the blight on Society that is illicit drugs.
When are the media going to do something? By Anonymous , at am, October 18, Don't worry, Molly. There'll be scrutiny of Mainwaring's life and death too. For Christ's sake, his family just put his body on the ground last week. Plus, the toxicology reports only got back yesterday. Can I ask: as a fanboi, don't you feel just a teensy bit complicit in "that culture" that allows so many of these dickheads to get away with blue murder?
Doesn't all that fawning and hero worship and win-at-any-cost mindset you send their way kind of accumulate and result in the god-mentality that brings them unstuck? I'm not saying you've done more or less than most, but, as a fan and public apologist for the AFL, do you see it that way too? By Greg , at am, October 18, See and this is the thing, I don't see that they are letting them get away with "Blue Murder'.
I see that they have consulted with the best minds in this area and are trying to help their employees firstly not get involved in the culture and if they do, to help them get out of the culture. It really annoys me that the Pollies pick on the AFL and just ignore the fact that the AFL is doing something when many including themselves are doing nothing.
Whether the "hero worshiping" leads to a "god-mentality", I don't think this is the reason that they get involved in drugs. There was recently a raid of rave party that nab plenty of people not necessarily AFL players, in fact I don't think there was any.
Do they have a "god-mentality"? Probably not. There probably just young and stupid, much like a lot of AFL players. The AFL have the same problem as the rest of Scociety and have to try their best to do the right thing, because its the right thing and not do things because the public want them to do it! JMTC Molly. By Anonymous , at pm, October 18, Cousins breaks arm falling down stairs. Gardiner is dumped from West Coast's leadership group after an alcohol-related incident. Flies to US for drug rehabilitation.
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