AFL legend Wayne Carey seen for first time since white powder casino ban; cops slam Crown security

Disgraced AFL great Wayne Carey has resurfaced for the first time since he was banned from a Perth casino when he dropped a bag of white powder on a gaming table. 

Carey appeared sombre as he strolled along Melbourne’s trendy St Kilda Beach on Wednesday after dropping off his child at school alongside his model partner Jessica Paulke. 

The ex-footballer was seen looking out onto Port Phillip Bay almost a week after he was kicked out of Perth’s Crown Casino. 

Down n Out in St Kilda: Wayne Carey looked like a man with the world on his shoulders while walking along Melbourne’s St Kilda Beach on Wednesday 

Wayne Carey takes a moment to reflect after he was banned from Perth's Crown Casino and stood down from his commentary job with Channel Seven

Wayne Carey takes a moment to reflect after he was banned from Perth’s Crown Casino and stood down from his commentary job with Channel Seven  

Carey got away from his troubles for a while on the same day police revealed their investigation into the casino incident has been set back by the actions of Crown security

Carey got away from his troubles for a while on the same day police revealed their investigation into the casino incident has been set back by the actions of Crown security 

Carey is set to address his ‘white powder’ scandal in the safe surrounds of his home town on Thursday. 

The footy legend, who has been stood down from Channel 7 and ‘relieved of his on-air duties’ on Triple M Footy, will address a men’s mental health event in Wagga Wagga – the New South Wales town where he began his football career. 

The 51-year old this week received a two-year ban from Crown premises after a bag of white powder fell from his pocket onto the gaming table of the company’s Perth Promenade Hotel on Thursday night.

Onlookers watched as an alarm sounded and Carey was evicted from the casino by in-house security.

On Wednesday, Carey told his employer The Age he had met with his lawyer with a view to demandinf an apology from Crown. 

Despite Carey’s admissions of previous cocaine benders, he maintains the substance was not illegal.   

‘It was not an illegal substance, it was offered to security. Security didn’t take it,’ Carey said.

‘They just said it’s not a great look, I understood that, and we left without incident.’

Carey said the powdered substance was an anti-inflammatory he took with dinner and that police did not become involved in the incident.

Western Australian Police Commissioner Col Blanch hit out at Crown for failing to report the matter. 

Speaking to Perth radio station 6PR on Wednesday, WA’s top cop said detectives could not determine what the powder was without coming into possession of it.

‘We’ll make an assessment from [the CCTV] but, obviously, we’re on the back foot from the beginning because we didn’t have the initial complaint at the time it occurred, which would have been my preference,’ he said.

‘I can’t speak directly to the decisions made at the time that occurred, but if there was any suspicion by any person that there were drugs possessed or drugs obtained or was in the possession of authorities down at Crown, I would have expected a phone call to police to manage that matter.’

Carey took a phone call along the beach. He is expected to go home to Wagga Wagga on Thursday

Carey took a phone call along the beach. He is expected to go home to Wagga Wagga on Thursday 

Wayne's Carey's mugshot after the star faced a Miami court charged with battery of a police officer when he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend in 2007

Wayne’s Carey’s mugshot after the star faced a Miami court charged with battery of a police officer when he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend in 2007

CAREY’S COCAINE ADMISSIONS

In his 2009 biography The Truth Hurts, Carey devotes an entire chapter to his drug use, saying he first took cocaine during a trip to the US in 2002, after an affair with Kelli Stevens, the wife of teammate Anthony Stevens, saw him leave the North Melbourne Kangaroos in disgrace.

Carey says he went on a 14-hour cocaine bender while in Memphis to watch the Mike Tyson-Lennox Lewis fight.

‘It was purely an impulsive decision,’ he says in the book. ‘I guess my self-esteem was shot to bits. I didn’t really give a shit about what happened to me. I was feeling that miserable I thought ‘why not give it a go?’ 

‘We can still speak to witnesses, we can collect CCTV footage, we can perhaps interview Wayne Carey himself if the investigation leads in that direction.

‘But again … it will be very difficult without the substance itself to prove whether it was an illicit substance or otherwise.’

A ‘source’ told The Age Carey was not worried about being banned from Crown, but the casino’s assumption that the substance that fell out of his pocket while he was at a gambling table was illegal.

Carey is expected to come clean on what happened in Perth at The Good Blokes Society event, to be held at Wagga Wagga RSL, the Herald Sun reported. 

The group’s founder, Shaun Wallis, said Carey would discuss what unfolded in Perth at the gathering, which is open to the public. 

‘Wayne was invited to come as a guest and he jumped at it, there’s no doubt Wayne will address it (the incident),’ Mr Wallis told the publication.

‘I’ve personally had a couple of conversations with him and he’s working through the alleged incident.

‘We’re there to support Wayne as much as he needs support.’

Wayne Carey and partner Jessica Paulke arrive at the Fashion Aid Twilight Beach Polo on February 16, 2018

Wayne Carey and partner Jessica Paulke arrive at the Fashion Aid Twilight Beach Polo on February 16, 2018

Wayne Carey will spill the beans on his Perth saga during a trip to Wagga Wagga

Wayne Carey will spill the beans on his Perth saga during a trip to Wagga Wagga 

Promotional material for the event states it will feature a ‘nothing-is-off-limits interview with an AFL great – Wayne Carey’.

Tickets to the event – selling for up to $250 each – have sold out and about 110 people will be in attendance.

Carey will reportedly depart Melbourne on Thursday to attend the function, which starts at 6.30pm.

‘If Wayne has any issues, any demons, the Good Blokes Society is the perfect community and the community events we host, we promote storytelling and conversation and to put your hand up if you’ve got issues or problems,’ Mr Wallis said.

‘We are a support group, so we offer whatever we need to offer, if that’s a handshake or a cuddle or an ear to listen.’

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Crown for comment.  

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