Disgraced former Australian cricket nice Michael Slater bombarded a girl with as much as 300 abusive texts calling her a ‘c**t’ and ‘s**t’ in a horrific DV-related tirade, police allege.
Recent allegations in opposition to the previous Take a look at cricketer and commentator have been detailed in court docket paperwork after Mr Slater collapsed in court docket throughout an look on Tuesday.
The 54-year-old unsuccessfully utilized for bail at Maroochydore Magistrates Courtroom following his arrest on the weekend.
He’s dealing with a number of home violence-related offences alleged to have occurred between December final 12 months and as much as final week.
Mr Slater, wearing jail greens, positioned his head in his palms upon studying his bail bid had been refused.
He then collapsed whereas being led again to the cells by Corrective Companies workers.
Former Australian cricketer Michael Slater (pictured leaving court docket in Could final 12 months) is dealing with 19 costs after being arrested final weekend
The previous commentator has been refused bail over a string of alleged home violence-related offences
Mr Slater’s costs embody enter dwelling with intent by break at night time, choking, assault occasioning bodily hurt, stalking and breaching bail.
They’re all alleged to have occurred between December 5, 2023 and April 12 this 12 months.
Police allege in court docket paperwork that Mr Slater despatched the girl greater than 300 messages over these dates.
About 203 have been allegedly despatched from the afternoon of March 10 to the morning of March 11, calling her a ‘c**’, ‘escort’, ‘liar’ and ‘sl*t’ a number of occasions all through the tirade, and threats to take his personal life.
Others on completely different dates included statements comparable to: ‘OK I’m coming to you’; ‘You are going to damage me aren’t you’ and ‘What have you ever finished’.
An extra 100 texts have been despatched on April 10 – beginning at 8.44am within the morning and ending at 8.37pm, police allege within the paperwork.
Police additional allege within the paperwork Mr Slater accessed the girl’s CCTV digital camera on the entrance porch of her home on March 17, turning it round to face into her house.
This allegedly occurred whereas the girl was giving a press release to officers at Noosa Police Station.
They have been alerted by means of an app on her telephone and allegedly noticed Mr Slater peering into the house.
Police allege Slater despatched greater than 300 texts to the girl, calling her a ‘c**’, ‘escort’, ‘liar’ and ‘sl*t’ – along with breaking into her house
Authorized Help solicitor Michael Robinson on Tuesday instructed the court docket his consumer deliberate to reside in a rehab facility in Sydney if launched from custody.
Maroochydore Magistrates Courtroom was instructed Mr Slater denied any allegations of violence in opposition to the complainant.
In a letter to the court docket Mr Slater’s physician outlined the 54-year-old’s psychological well being points and mentioned he acted in an ‘impulsive, reckless and uncharacteristic method’.
Mr Robinson mentioned the Sydney clinic had confirmed Mr Slater was booked to go to final week.
‘There’s documented proof in entrance of the court docket that exhibits he’ll be out of the court docket’s jurisdiction, in a psychological rehab facility, mainly doing one thing about addressing the (alleged) behaviour,’ Mr Robinson mentioned.
Bail was opposed by police, who alleged Mr Slater was an unacceptable threat of committing additional offences if it have been granted.
The court docket was instructed CCTV captured footage of the previous cricket nice allegedly breaking into the house of the complainant simply final week.
Slater can also be alleged to have assaulted the girl by hanging her and grabbing her arm firmly
It’s alleged Mr Slater repeatedly screams ‘f**ok you’ and ‘the place’s your daughter’ earlier than smashing his method into the house.
The previous cricket star is then alleged to have assaulted her by grabbing her arm firmly.
‘She’s pleading with him to cease repeatedly, she’s in a state of undress, cowering, clearly scared for her security,’ Sergeant Newman instructed the court docket on Tuesday.
‘We are saying the energy of the proof is nice.’
Mr Slater’s choking and assault occasioning bodily hurt cost associated to allegations he hit the girl at his Noosa Heads house, after she attended over issues for his welfare.
Police allege Mr Slater then choked her within the laundry as she tried to get away.
It’s additional alleged he threatened to kill her whereas wielding an empty vodka bottle.
The breach of bail cost alleges Mr Slater returned a BAC of .119 per cent when he was arrested, regardless of bail situations requiring him to be underneath 0.05 per cent.
Slater was remanded in custody together with his case due in the identical court docket on Could 31
Sergeant Newman mentioned the court docket may have ‘no consolation’ in bail situations proposed by Mr Slater, pointing to feedback made by his treating physician.
He mentioned Mr Slater had felony related histories throughout NSW and Queensland.
Bail was finally refused by Justice of the Peace Raelene Ellis.
‘A few of these offences have been dedicated inside 24 hours of the primary court docket look date for different hours,’ she mentioned.
Mr Slater scored 5312 runs, enjoying 74 check matches and 42 one-day internationals for Australia between 1993 and 2001 over his cricketing profession.
He then transitioned to commentary with Channels 7 and 9 after retiring.
