Cricket legend Michael Slater has been hit with a staggering number of new allegations of domestic violence
- Slater’s case was heard in the Queensland court on Monday
- The case returns to Maroochydore court on Tuesday
- The 54-year-old was found guilty of violence last year
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Australian cricket great Michael Slater has faced a slew of domestic violence charges in a Queensland court after being arrested over the weekend.
The 54-year-old faces 18 domestic violence charges, including alleged strangulation and strangulation, assault causing bodily harm, four counts of common assault, unlawful stalking and breaking and entering at night.
He is also charged with allegedly breaching bail conditions.
Slater did not appear at Queensland’s Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday as he remained behind bars at Maroochydore Police Station.
Slater (pictured outside court last year) has been hit with a raft of domestic violence charges after being arrested over the weekend
No pleas have been entered on his behalf.
Slater was remanded in custody and will return to court on April 16 for a bail application, with the court’s lawyer telling the judge he is making inquiries about a rehabilitation facility for the former cricket star.
Last October, the former Test opening batter sought mental health treatment at a private men’s retreat after being charged with allegedly assaulting a police officer.
“Unfortunately, the defendant’s health has deteriorated to such a state that his psychologist ordered him to be institutionalized for treatment for his own safety and well-being,” said a letter to the court written by Slater’s attorney Tony Krahenbring.
Queensland Police were called to a Noosa Heads home just before midnight on March 31, 2023 following reports of a domestic violence and medical incident at the property.
Police alleged Slater assaulted an officer at the Noosa Heads address.
On November 8 last year, he was convicted of common assault, breaching a restraining order and two other offenses against a woman.
The former cricket star (pictured playing for Australia in 1998) did not attend Maroochydore Magistrates Court as he was still locked up at a nearby police station
On Monday, a duty lawyer told the court inquiries were being made into a rehabilitation facility for Slater (pictured outside court last year)
Magistrate Robyn Denes said the victim involved noted aspects of domestic violence, accusations of infidelity, demands to see phones, restrictions on who she could meet and speak to and threats of self-harm.
He was branded a ‘domestic abuser’ when it was revealed that he pulled on his ex-girlfriend’s hoodie, causing her to fall onto a bench in April 2023.
Slater then tried to email, text and call her more than 100 times, breaching a domestic violence order.
He was sentenced to two years in prison to be served in the community.
The former Channel Nine commentator played 74 Tests for Australia in an eight-year career, scoring 5312 runs and 14 centuries in the long form of the game.
He also featured in 42 one-day internationals for his country.