Aussie Guidelines Footballer Threatens to Sue Crown On line casino Over ‘Drug’ Ban
Former Australian guidelines soccer participant Wayne Carey is contemplating suing the on line casino for incapacity discrimination after he was 86’d from the Crown On line casino Perth final week after a small bag of white powder fell out of his high pocket onto a gaming desk, in line with his lawyer.
Wayne Carey, above, claims the zip-lock bag that fell onto a Crown Perth gaming desk final week contained crushed anti-inflammatory medication. (Picture: The West Australian)
The Australian Soccer League (AFL) Corridor of Famer was banned from all Crown Resorts properties for 2 years following the incident. He was additionally relieved of his positions as a pundit for Channel 7 and Triple M.
Carey’s lawyer mentioned his consumer is being punished due to an “assumption that the bag contained an unlawful drug,” which he added was not the case.
Mr. Carey is prescribed anti-inflammatories and ache killing medication to assist handle the numerous ache attributable to debilitating soccer accidents – together with a shoulder that wants changing and a neck damage that requires three discs to get replaced,” Carey’s lawyer, Josh Bornstein, mentioned in an announcement.
Bornstein mentioned he’s contemplating whether or not Carey is being unlawfully discriminated towards due to a “pre-existing incapacity.”
Questions on Disabilities
The assertion raised eyebrows within the Australian media as a result of Carey has by no means recognized as a disabled individual.
It’s simply so laughable what individuals will say to get out of a critical offense. I haven’t seen him advocate for incapacity rights previous to this,” incapacity rights activist and author Carly Findlay advised Information Corp. “When privileged white males … attempt to get out of unhealthy conduct, it makes it more durable for everybody.”
The previous participant isn’t any stranger to scandal, nonetheless, and his historical past with unlawful medication is well-documented.
Up to now, he has admitted to having issues with alcohol and cocaine. He additionally has a police report for home violence, assault, and resisting arrest. In 2012, whereas making an attempt to go to Barwon Jail as a part of an inmate mentoring program, he was discovered to have traces of cocaine on his clothes throughout a routine drug scan.
Lack of Substance
In the meantime, West Australian Police confirmed they’re investigating the incident final week and have been essential of how the on line casino dealt with the matter – or, extra precisely, did not deal with it.
Commissioner Col Blanch mentioned the on line casino ought to have confiscated the substance and reported the incident to the police.
“I can’t communicate on to the selections made on the time that occurred. But when there was any suspicion by any individual that there have been medication possessed or medication obtained, or was within the possession of authorities down at Crown, I might have anticipated a telephone name to police to handle that matter,” Blanch advised Perth radio station 6PR. “It is going to be very tough with out the substance itself to show whether or not it was a bootleg substance or in any other case.”
