Fallen television star Andrew O’Keefe has actually been seen kissing a mystery woman as he deals with another court date for presumably taking ice and cocaine a little over 2 weeks after his tenth stint in rehab.
O’Keefe was spotted having a dip on Wednesday with a red-haired woman in an orange swimsuit at separated Girl Martins Beach in the wealthy Sydney eastern suburban area of Point Piper.
The previous host of Offer or No Offer and Weekend Dawn smiled and appeared to be in excellent spirits regardless of his lots of supposed offenses consisting of choking a woman and unassociated AVOs.
Distressed previous television star Andrew O’Keefe has actually been seen kissing a mystery woman at a Sydney beach
O’Keefe smiled and appeared to be in excellent health as he was spotted having a dip at Sydney’s Girl Martins Beach
O’Keefe, who is dealing with fresh charges over breaching bail conditions, was seen taking pleasure in the water with the unnamed woman
O’Keefe looks out to see after seizing the day to have casual dip off the remote Girl Martins beach
O’Keefe invested a long time in the water and was signed up with by his female buddy as they kissed and chuckled.
After drying off, the loved- up set left the beach arm-in- arm.
O’Keefe was later on seen walking in the area using the very same Tee shirts however various shorts from when he left.
It appears to be an uncommon ray of sunlight in the distressed life of the as soon as golden young boy of TELEVISION who in November was apprehended and presumably checked favorable to drugs on the very same day his court-ordered minimum 6 month treatment was due to end.
The Link Worldwide rehab centre, where O’Keefe was driven to directly from jail on Might 23 as part of his rigorous bail conditions, launched him a long time after November 4.
O’Keefe presumably checked favorable to cocaine and methamphetamine when police swabbed him at his Vaucluse house about 1am on November 24 after a male seen leaving the property was discovered bring forbiddendrugs
Police declare O’Keefe breached his bail by screening favorable to the drugs – which O’Keefe rejects, declaring the swab was ‘infected’ after leaving drug rehab.
O’Keefe was accompanied by the mystery woman as he took pleasure in a beach outing following a disorderly year
Following their dip, the set were seen straying together arm-in arm
After his beach swim, a revitalized and unwinded looking O’Keefe was identifying walking the Point Piper area
O’Keefe on the early morning after he was drug- checked and apprehended over night for presumably having cocaine and methamphetamine in his system after being launched from 6 months in rehab
O’Keefe was a Channel 7 host for 17 years prior to the network selected not to restore his agreement in January 2021, preceding an declared attack of a woman in September that year, a choking charge versus a woman in January 2022 and drug charges
Link Worldwide Centre CEO Ross Pene stated the star’s supposed quick lapse back into drug taking was ‘frustrating, if it holds true’.
Mr Pene stated O’Keefe had actually chosen not to go through the extension program, that includes weekly drug screening, up until 2023 and was ‘due to start on January 1’.
He stated O’Keefe had actually done ‘so well’ on the program and was ‘such a great impact’ which was why he was shocked by the declared drug lapse.
‘ He was dazzling, tidy as a whistle,’ Mr Pene stated.
In late September, O’Keefe spoke from rehab where he was working as the resident cleaner, congratulating Link Worldwide graduates and applauding his ‘band of bros’ for getting tidy.
At the time he was 4 months into a stay purchased by NSW Supreme Court Justice Robert Hulme.
Justice Hulme ruled on Might 23 the previous television star be dealt with for his ‘considerable descent into an irregular and disorderly way of life’, and that his bro, Phillip O’Keefe, drive him right away from Silverwater to Link Worldwide in Swan Bay, about a 200km journey.
O’Keefe’s tenth tried stint in rehab came after he was charged with deliberately choking a woman who he presumably pressed to the ground prior to punching and kicking in his Sydney CBD apartment or condo.
In simply 6 weeks’ time O’Keefe is due to face trial on those counts amongst an overall of 13 charges consisting of withstanding police, contravening an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) and drug ownership.
The charges relate to different occurrences including 2 various females, whose identities can not be lawfully exposed.
Because the charges the failure of O’Keefe’s profession and 17 years as a star in the 7 Network steady has actually come to light.
The child of a Supreme Court judge, the nephew of a rock legend, and a previous personal school child turned popular tv personality, O’Keefe was identified simply 5 years earlier with a Medal in the Order of Australia for his screen and charity work.
Nevertheless, his two-decade home entertainment profession and ten years as an advocate versus violence towards females started to unwind in 2020.
Previously this year it emerged why 7 ended his agreement in January 2021 after a lot of years at the leading as one of Australia’s finest-loved stars.
7’s sacking happened quickly after O’Keefe’s driver reported him for presumably illuminating an ice pipeline on the method house from work.
Network executives had actually employed O’Keefe an individual driver to get him to and from work with no problem, and were presumably frightened when the motorist made a grievance about the star’s declareddrug use
O’Keefe participated in the Port Stephens rehab centre Worldwide Link (above) for a minimum 6 months by order of a NSW Supreme Court judge for his ‘considerable descent into an irregular and disorderly way of life’
It’s declared the motorist looked in his rearview mirror while driving O’Keefe house a long time in between October and November 2020 and saw the then 50-year-old lighting an ice pipeline.
The motorist declared that the fumes were so strong he was fretted he ‘d be impacted by the drug while driving.
O’Keefe rejected the motorist’s accusations when they were put to him by management, however within weeks he discovered himself out of a task.
‘ He’s somebody who’s been fortunate, ruined, indulged, dealt with like a star– and the power goes to his head. He has an extremely fast mind however he does not have discipline; he’s stuck in that cycle of extravagance,’ an expert informed The Australian.
O’Keefe separated from his other half and the mom of his 3 kids, then had actually a stopped working relationship with a woman over whom charges he is now objecting to were laid.
While 2022 might not have actually dawned entirely untroubled for O’Keefe – who in early January was currently dealing with domestic violence and police attack charges from 5 months previously.
With 2022 now ending, it might show to be his year from hell – with O’Keefe’s television looks amounting to an impressive crisis in the back of a police van, and tirades outside court declaring persecution and victimhood which have actually won him couple of fans.
The one-time The Chase Australia host would not have actually commemorated the joyful season by breaking open the champagne with his rigorous bail conditions needing him to avoid alcohol or illegal drugs, and to be drug checked every week.
The 51-year-old previous Offer Or No Offer and Weekend Dawn host invested more than 4 months secured in Silverwater jail (above) where he grumbled he was housed with lawbreakers and ridiculed by jail officers
When O’Keefe was apprehended and positioned in a police van at Day Street police station (above) he whipped and shriek profanities from inside the lorry prior to being removed to the cells at Surry Hills
At his looming trial, noted for 2 days from February 6, O’Keefe plans to highly contest charges of deliberately choking an individual, common attack, and attack occasioning real physical damage (AOABH), and claim he acted in self-defence.
The choking and AOABH charges relate to an declared occurrence in January in 2015, on the day prior to Australia Day, when the then 50-year-old was gone to at his Sydney CBD apartment or condo by the woman ‘to talk about developing a flower service’.
She declared to police an argument broke out that presumably resulted in the ex-TV star punching her and putting her in a headlock.
The woman, who can not be called, declared to police she had to bite O’Keefe’s arm to break complimentary throughout one of the episodes of choking.
2 days later on, police apprehended O’Keefe and took him to Day Street police station where television cams were on hand to movie him shrieking and swearing while twisting around in a set of red pants and kicking the walls of a police van.
O’Keefe, envisioned outside a system in Paddington in Sydney’s inner-city in February 2021, presumably stopped working a drug test after strolling from his tenth stint in drug rehab
The previous ambassador for the anti-domestic violence White Ribbon charity snapped, shouting ‘ F *** you, I’m a victim of criminal offense. I’m a victim of criminal offense you f *** wits. F *** off, get rid of these f *** ing reporters, you douchebags,’ after he was positioned in the wagon for transport to the Sydney Police Centre, where he invested the night behind bars.
O’Keefe was afterwards taken in a jail van to the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, at Australia’s biggest correctional complex at Silverwater in westernSydney
On February 11, he pleaded innocent to 6 charges relating to the supposed attack in his apartment or condo, however guilty to ownership of 1.5 grams of marijuana.
Police likewise took his phone on the very same day, and charged O’Keefe with breaching an nabbed violence order secured to safeguard an individual who lawfully can not be called.
At a short court look after his police van crisis, the previous television star sighed and groaned as he heard he would be remanded in custody, rolled his eyes and shouted: ‘No justice – oh God, this is outrageous. Incredible.’
At one phase he pointed at his neck and blurted out: ‘It was not violent – there was no choke!’
On March 8, O’Keefe used for release on bail, proposing to get in a Sydney rehab center for 3 weeks, which Supreme Court Justice Robertson Wright considered insufficient and declined the application.
His Honour stated O’Keefe had a ‘really enduring and considerable’ drug issue, mentioning a NSW Justice Health report which explained his graduation from utilizing cocaine to crystal methamphetamine, or ice, while getting treatment from a psychologist and psychiatrist in 2021.
O’Keefe, whose last television task hosting The Chase Australia for 6 years ended in that year, had bipolar and substance abuse disorders, and was exposed to ‘bullying and taunts’ from Corrective Solutions officers since of his ‘previous profile’, the court heard.
On Might 23, O’Keefe once again used for bail in the NSW Supreme Court, this time prior to Justice Hulme, who concurred to his instant release to the drug and alcohol rehab centre 200km northof Sydney