Andrew O’Keefe arrested over allegedly breaching bail conditions

Former host of The Chase, Andrew O’Keefe has been granted bail after being rearrested today, accused of failing a drug test.

He was arrested at his Vaucluse home this morning.

ABC reports he appeared in Waverley Local Court this afternoon, where the police prosecutor made a detention application.

The court heard O’Keefe’s test allegedly returned a positive result for methylamphetamine and cocaine.

However his barrister Sebastian De Brennan raised the possibility of contamination, telling the court that not enough was known about the drug test, including whether proper procedure was followed by police.

Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge ruled against the detention application, allowing O’Keefe’s bail to continue on conditions including that he be screened for illicit drugs weekly and continue attending Narcotics Anonymous.

O’Keefe has previously pleaded not guilty to a series of charges after police accused him of attacking a woman at his city apartment on January 25. He was granted bail in May and sent to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in Swan Bay, north of Sydney, as part of his conditions.

He is due to next appear before the court on December 14.