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I love this guy. I just joined the "I Want to Party With Ben Cousins" group on Facebook.

Do you think he went shirtless just because he knew he was being photographed? Or there was some actual reason for being semi-naked at midday?

He was just sculpting his guns as he has very little time to get the gym.

If i had a rig like his, i wouldn't wear a shirt either. He's on holidays until pre-season starts, he's got loads of cash and one of the biggest magnets in this country.

There were rumours a few weeks back that he was going to retire - if he get's 'done' for something, will the AFL rip up his contract?

This boy has serious issues - after carry the coffin of his mate out of the funeral has he learnt nothing of what his current behaviour can result in! Wake up you clown! What a wasted life and oh by the way how do you think that "rig" came from? Not Nana's cooking me thinks.

Unless of course she is a bio chemist

It's clearly time to stick a camera crew with him 24/7 and make the best god damn reality TV show Australia, and maybe the world, has ever seen.

Cover his costs (which will be massive) and let him run free. It would also provide at least half the material for Australia's Funniest Home Videos, therefore I propose Ch 9 fund the show because they may save money in the long run on the cost of both shows.

Give back the Brownlow???
pffft....

Was he on drugs when he won it??

Do you know this for sure??

doc - I agree re the show. Can we start it up retrospectively to catch that scene we traded emails about (I think?) before his rehab?

Would that be the beach one Isaac?

No, it was the one featuring the numbers six and 20,000. Maybe you need to email me the beach one!

Think I have it at home.

See the Chaser one though?

handcuffed? looks to me like hes walking around with an arm on each side. couldn't be too serious me thinks

Late this afternoon, WA Police issued a statement claiming Cousins had refused to provide a blood sample for analysis after he was pulled over while driving his car in Northbridge.

During the traffic stop, police allegedly found an amount of a prohibited drug.

Apparently he has now been charged with possesion and also for refussing a saliva and blood test - Perthnow has the story online

Certainly not looking good for his future in footy

Doc, love the TV show idea - would make the Osbournes look tame and Isaac - care to forward the mail you mentioned?

Somehow I dont think the club's sponsors would agree with you. You are somewhat right but money talks and sponsors care about ROI not how good a team is. I hardly think that sponsors will want to spend their money with a club associated with these issues.

probably get getting treatment on the hamstring.

That scene we traded emails about now seems so much more likely to be true. Man, his show would rate through the roof. Pitch it in direct competition with The Chaser/Kath and Kim and it would win.

Isaac, db and the doctor...

if your going to bring this kind of thing in..you should share it with the rest of the class..please :)

Not sure if it's a good idea. It's fourth-hand info that I can't confirm the accuracy of. Let's just say it encouraged me to join the "I Want to Part With Ben Cousins" group on Facebook.

6 pack of w..ches and 20 K of blow

In walks the missus and throws it out the window

agreed anon.

At the end of the day, the guy is still a human.
He may have been devastated over Chris' death and that is all the excuse your brain needs when you are recovering from addiction. Pity, because his family seem to have given him a lot of support through all of this.

Just have to hope he does not go right off the deep end now when all of this situation becomes clear, and Ben realises just what he has done to his career and life in general.

Hopefully West Coast put some off field procedures in place to help him out, whether he is delisted or not.

Not sure if West Coast have any responsibility to him from this point. They have gone out of their way to help and it's rumoured they paid for all the re-hab along with the AFL which was in the order of $20K per day.

It's a family issue now. The Eagles have to delist him now, cut all ties and let him get help alone. If they continue to support him the club will suffer greatly. The club has a greater responsibility to the rest of the players, the fans and sponsors. They have to draw the line somewhere - Cousins made it easy for them to do it right now.

thanks rotate..undersdtood that be fact...thought there mustve been more

hehas been charged with possesion of...
cocaine
cannabis
and a smoking implement

revised to the post above...Cousins has been charged with possesion of illeagal substance (as yet unamed).

a 3rd person who was in another car with daniel chick, has been charged with the possesion above following search of his and chicks homes (methamphet was also found). chick has not been charged.

Alleged that Viagra were some of the pills found.

rumour..cousins will be sacked from the eagles tonight.

I cant believe the rehab didn't work the 1st time! It seemed to work for Brittany and Lindsay....didn't it?

The ABC have reported that the prohibited drug is believed to be vallium - Yup outraged joe and jill public .... "mother's little helper". Looks like my mum is going to have to give up hope of ever playing AFL.

The "goods" had better be something more substantial than packing V and refusing a test come court time.

got it in one sween...Diazapan = valium..equals not illeagal.

Was your mum at the draft camp...how did she go on the beep test??

Approached the start line and then dozed off - Did 15.5 in her dreams.
Also dreamt 45 possessions with 20 hard ball gets, 12 contested marks for 5 goals 1. Out pressed Fraser Gerhig straight after that match.
Sank 50 beers with the Train and Vossy before carrying both of them home. Fronted up to training the next day, blew clean and trained the house down.

Addendum....

Woke up and got booked by the West Australian square arses for being in possession of a performance enhancing dream.

did anyone notice they quoted trace elements of coke, MDMA and speed on a $20 note as part of the "evidence". The lawyers will have a field day with that one.

Has anyone seen that email about the % of all money in the US that has cocaine traces on it? Not sure how accurate it is, but the suggestion is that everyone handles money with coke traces on it - doesn't go even close to proving anything.

Trace of coke on the note reminds me of a bit from a Richard Dawkins speech:

Every time you drink a glass of water, you are probably imbibing at least one atom that passed through the bladder of Aristotle. A tantalisingly surprising result, but it follows by Huxley-style organized common sense from Wolpert's observation that "there are many more molecules in a glass of water than there are glasses of water in the sea".

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3069663

Benny is still in less trouble than Keon Clark.

If a $20 note with a positive swab is all the are going on then good luck that lads... I'd hate to get in the box on that...

If that's the case, may has well lock up all the politicians in Parliament House as traces of coke have been found in the bathrooms there as well.

"Spruiking his diaries on Triple J last week, 44-year-old former Labor leader Mark Latham revealed he smoked marijuana in Parliament House with journalists. "The pollies are just in the conga-line of choofers."

He also alleged that Labor MP Lindsay Tanner "was such a serious choofer at Melbourne Uni that it spun his head right out".

A Sydney newspaper this year used drug-testing wipes in toilets across Sydney as well as restaurants, bars, a referee's change room and inside NSW Parliament House. It found traces of cocaine, opiates and marijuana.

This month, three RAAF aircrew who fly the Prime Minister's jet were dismissed for "recreational" drug use."

Link: http://www.smh.com.au/news/miranda-devine/were-dopes-about-drug-use/2005/09/24/1126982266527.html

Unfortunately, Cousin's case is not a single example of proceeding with criminal charges without sufficient evidence and making public details of allegations unsupported by legal evidence. In Queensland, Vincent Berg's and some other cases are not less alarming. It seems that the rule of law and respect to legal evidence and individual human rights such as presumption of innocence and privacy are in danger of being replaced by "witch hunt" practices.