{"id":22573,"date":"2015-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/harley-bennell-drug-photos-rock-afl\/"},"modified":"2015-07-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T00:00:00","slug":"harley-bennell-drug-photos-rock-afl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/harley-bennell-drug-photos-rock-afl\/","title":{"rendered":"Harley Bennell drug photos rock AFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Images | Herald Sun<\/h6>\n<h3>As photos emerge of Gold Coast Suns star Harley Bennell using illicit drugs, former North Melbourne superstar and reformed bad boy Wayne Carey has offered some advice.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m speaking from experience &#8211; waking up and being on the front page, he\u2019d be absolutely horrified, he\u2019d be overwhelmed,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Herald Sun<\/a> reports Carey as saying on radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing and the first thing is really to take ownership. It\u2019s very difficult to do. The most important thing is the support network around him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the moment, it\u2019s so easy to run away. I\u2019d hate to lose him &#8211; he\u2019s such a talent,\u201d Carey said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bennell2.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Herald Sun&nbsp;released images showing Bennell racking up five lines of white powder on a hotel desk while holding a rolled-up banknote.<\/p>\n<p>The photos are said to have been taken in Launceston in March 2013 \u2014 nine days before the Suns\u2019 Round 1 clash with St Kilda \u2014 after Bennell had allegedly spent a big night drinking.<\/p>\n<p>The emergence of the photos comes after reports&nbsp;that former Sin Karmichael Hunt&nbsp;has made allegations that up to 12 former teammates used cocaine with him<\/p>\n<p>A Gold Coast spokesman said on Thursday morning that Bennell\u2019s wellbeing was the club\u2019s primary focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur priority throughout the morning is the genuine concern for Harley and his welfare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t underestimate the toll this could have and has had on his wellbeing. That remains our absolute focus at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the Bennell photos, ex-Hawthorn club president Jeff Kennett said he was saddened by the revelations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is just so sad,\u201d he said on SEN radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a two-finger salute to the club, the code and the AFL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a president of a club, if I had a player I knew was taking drugs, I would want to get counselling to him as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve also got to find out who are the other people involved, who are his circle of friends at the club who may also be taking these drugs or be at risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope something good comes out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/dangerfield-shrugs-off-cats-connection\">DANGERFIELD SHRUGS OFF CATS CONNECTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/10-signs-you-re-from-adelaide\">10 SIGNS YOU&#8217;RE FROM ADELAIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images | Herald Sun As photos emerge of Gold Coast Suns star Harley Bennell using illicit drugs, former North Melbourne superstar and reformed bad boy Wayne Carey has offered some advice. \u201cI\u2019m speaking from experience &#8211; waking up and being on the front page, he\u2019d be absolutely horrified, he\u2019d be overwhelmed,\u201d the Herald Sun reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-22573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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