{"id":30205,"date":"2016-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/reporter-who-gave-ben-cousins-a-lift-is-extremely-concerned\/"},"modified":"2016-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T00:00:00","slug":"reporter-who-gave-ben-cousins-a-lift-is-extremely-concerned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/reporter-who-gave-ben-cousins-a-lift-is-extremely-concerned\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter who gave Ben Cousins a lift is \u201cextremely concerned\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>News Corp Journalist Sarah Blake offered Ben Cousins a lift home after the former footballer\u2019s latest court hearing.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/afl\/disgraced-afl-star-ben-cousins-reveals-hes-living-out-of-a-backpack\/news-story\/44d2fca5fb33937191f51b22c89723c3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ HER EXCLUSIVE STORY HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was actually a little bit sad,\u201d Sarah told FIVEAA brekkie&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police were saying, \u2018C\u2019mon mate, c\u2019mon Ben, you\u2019ve got to go.\u2019 I just thought he might need a lift, so I offered him one and he was very grateful, very happy to accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/296890626&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During their 10-minute car ride, Cousins told Sarah he was going through a \u201ctough time\u201d and living out of a backpack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderneath it all\u2026 there\u2019s quite clear signs of that Ben that everybody knows and loves &#8212; very charming, very honest, very open, extremely gracious about me giving him a lift,\u201d Sarah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen is still there, but he is troubled. 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