Troubled Former Game Show -Gastheer Andrew O'Keefe flew back to Australia after a stint in drug rehabilitation to treat the last of his apparently endless series of lawsuits.
O'Keefe was confronted on Friday with Sydney's Waverley Local Court to argue more than six months ago for driving with Meth in his system, but escaped with a fine of $ 440.
The 53-year-old seemed relaxed and renewed after three months abroad in rehabilitation and happily talked to lawyers and police while waiting to make his case heard.
The lawyer of O'Keefe, Jahan Kalantar, told the court that his client accepted that he had a bad traffic report and had spent a considerable period with his illegal drug abuse.
Mr Kalantar said O'Keefe had taken serious steps to tackle his drug problems and had yielded evidence that he had spent three months as a patient in a rehabilitation facility.
O'Keefe had returned to Sydney from abroad to tackle his only outstanding lawsuit, said Mr. Kalantar.
The former deal or not a deal presenter tested positively on methylamfetamine while he was driving his Mercedes C200 in the eastern suburbs of Sydney on July 28 last year.
He was taken over that day around 11.30 am for random tests on Cranbrook Road in Rose Bay and registered a positive result, but was only charged at the end of November.
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Magistrate Michael Barko read an apologition letter O'Keefe wrote to the court, which he accepted as 'sincere and sincere'.
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Shortly before O'Keefe was persuaded on July 28, he had confronted a man on a point of Piper -ownership that he was banned to attend.
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He was released on bail after he appeared in Waverley Local Court in September, but was again arrested at the Rose Bay police station when the police found Meth in his car during a search.
O'Keefe is said to have been tested positively on meth six months ago while driving in the eastern outskirts of Sydney, but he was only charged at the end of November. He is seen during an earlier arrest
The former deal or no deal and the host of Chase Australia has led a public fight against drug addiction in recent years and has been in and out of rehabilitation centers
Two days earlier, O'Keefe had an overdose of heroin at a party and had to be revived by paramedics.
O'Keefe argued guilty in October entering the violation of violation, violating an arrested warrant and the possession of Crystal Methamfetamine in relation to the events of 28 July.
Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge fined O'Keefe $ 500 for penetrating and $ 1,000 to possess a forbidden medicine.
For the violation of the AVO, Mrs. Milledge O'Keefe sentenced to a 30 -month community correction level that required him to attend rehabilitation.
At the same time, he received a fine of $ 2,000 for driving an illegal drug in his system in Darlinghurst in April and disqualified to get behind the wheel for three months.
On that occasion, Mrs. Jacqueline Milledge assured the TV star that he looked behind bars at time if he continued to violate the law.
“You have had many opportunities to do something about your use of drugs,” Mrs. Milledge told O'Keefe.
'I can assure you that the next step is the prison. I don't say that alone, I absolutely mean it. It is to the state where the court would believe that you simply cannot be rehabilitated. '
Off-the-Rails Game Show-Gastheer Andrew O'Keefe was arrested for the indictment of drugs, three months after he was warned that he had a false step away from the prison
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“I know that domestic violence is a factor in your insult and that is terrible, really terrible,” she said.
“You got into the grip of something terrible and the wheels fell off.”
The magistrate said she remembered that she told O'Keefe 'God' helped 'during an earlier appearance.
“I am personally disappointed that you are where you are and that you did not succeed in getting back on your feet,” she said.
“I just wanted you to come back to a position where you can do something for the community again.”
At the time, O'Keefe's lawyer told Mrs. Milledge: “This is what we say the last intersection.”
O'Keefe has conducted a public fight against drug addiction in recent years and in and out of rehabilitation centers.
O'Keefe was found guilty in January last year of domestic violence and drug offenses after a 'humiliating' attack on a woman who cannot be identified
He was found guilty in January last year of domestic violence and drug offenses after a 'humiliating' attack on a woman who cannot be identified.
The conviction of drugs was later destroyed, but O'Keefe lost a appeal against the convictions of the attacks in August.
In December 2023 he escaped the conviction after he was guilty of the Downing Center Local Court to drive Point Piper with drugs in his system earlier that year.
O'Keefe was in charge of his Mercedes C200 -Sedan in January and returned a positive test to Methamfetamine.
A second oral liquid monster on Waverley Police Station tested negatively, but was later considered positive after further analysis.
During the 2023 conviction, Magistraat Miranda Moody said that O'Keefe had since returned negative screening for drugs and was treated by a psychiatrist and psychologist.
“To his honor, he has clearly had some problems with illegal drug use and I have received material from his use of drugs or the lack of it,” said Mrs. Moody at the time.
“Nothing has been discovered for some time. I also received a report from a psychologist and a psychiatrist. He is working on treatment.
“Given the enormous amount of work that Mr O'Keefe does with regard to his drug and health problems, I am willing not to record a conviction.”
Mrs. Moody has sentenced O'Keefe to an order of 12 months of community release.
