Corey escapes criminal conviction
Former Big Brother contestant Corey Worthington has avoided a criminal conviction after pleading guilty to one count of criminal damage.
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Former Big Brother contestant Corey Worthington has avoided a criminal conviction in Frankston Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to one count of criminal damage.
Worthington, 19, had been charged after using a metal bed post to smash the windscreen, rear window and roof of a car belonging to a former friend in March.
His lawyer said the attack had been provoked in a motorbike and car chase with the friend earlier that day.
Magistrate Graham Keil said he was not familiar with Worthington, but his name rang a bell, the Herald Sun reports.
“He had a party, your honour, and that was the focus of some attention,” Mr Dermot said.
“And he was wearing glasses?” Magistrate Keil said.
“Yes, and he had different coloured hair when he was interviewed,” Mr Dermot said.
“And his parents were away?” Magistrate Keil said.
“Yes, your honour,” Mr Dermot said.
Worthington was cast in Big Brother following a notorious party which ran out of control after being inundated with guests following a MySpace invitation. He famously told A Current Affair host Leila McKinnon he wouldn’t remove his sunglasses in an on-air interview.
Worthington, who has died his hair black and sought to dodge media coverage, received a 12-month good behaviour bond without conviction and was ordered to pay $500 to the Royal Children’s Hospital.
The non-conviction will not impinge on his capacity to appear in the US film Life in the Fastlane due to start filming later this year.
He now joins a sizeable roll call of former Big Brother contestants who have been before the courts in Australia.
Source: news.com.au
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Surely his 15 minutes is up by now?
@Mike
Not to take away the great work David does, cos he puts in a lot fo work putting up ratings, writing articles, getting stories, goign through our comments and posting them, answerign questions. Best tv blog in Australia. However it’s also a top 10 blog, because of us that come on every day. We love this blog and the work David does, that’s why we’re critical.
To those criticising this story, where is your top 10 Australian Television Blog?
Moving right along.
Really, you had to put this on your site?? Your better than that David.
I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that David posted this, or that fact that I clicked the link and read the article. Shame on all of us.
@Nathan: you make an excellent point there. It’s so true that people with some sort of celebrity status get let off far more often than your average Joe citizen. It’s absolutely unfair and just shows the double standards of our legal system.
What I forgot to mention why aren’t judge treating celebrity as equals to the rest of us. Are celebrities more important then us. Justice isn’t blind its corrupt if you are a celebrity.
Another so called celebrity doesn’t get a conviction, that Todd Lasance didn’t get convicted. What is wrong with the legal system, why aren’t judges treating celebrities equal.
Right I’m going to smash a window, see what happens to me a normal person.
a film role. 1 line and that’s it i bet
I can’t believ that kid is still around! I thought he would have grown up by now and gotten himself a job or gone to uni to study.
“The non-conviction will not impinge on his capacity to appear in the US film Life in the Fastlane due to start filming later this year.”
I did not read that sentence right. Corey Worthington is going to be in a MOVIE?
More funding for prisons so we can lock criminals away, Mr Brumby.
What possible lesson would he have learned by getting off scott free?
Isn’t his 15 minutes up yet?
Really David did you have to sink to newspaper lows and put this up?
Ryan I have reported on reality contestants brushes with the law before and no doubt will be doing it again. I don’t view these as gossip thanks.