- Andrew O’Keefe charged
- He will appear in court today
Former TV presenter Andrew O’Keefe has been charged after failing a drugs test.
Officers from the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command reportedly stopped the 52-year-old man at 11.45am on Sunday, where he was found behind the wheel of a Mercedes sedan on Cranbrook Road in the affluent Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill.
He was later arrested and tested positive for drugs on the road. Just weeks after he was allegedly caught driving with a suspended license.
Police allege O’Keefe had threatened a man at an address on Longworth Ave in the neighbouring suburb of Point Piper “a short time” before officers stopped him.
He was taken to Waverley Police Station for a second oral fluid test which reportedly returned a positive result.
The sample has been sent for analysis.
Following investigations, O’Keefe has been charged with contravening the AVO ban/restriction and stalking/intimidating with intent to cause bodily harm.
He was refused bail and is due to appear at Waverley Local Court on Monday.
Former TV presenter Andrew O’Keefe has been charged after failing a drug test
Sunday’s arrest comes after O’Keefe was issued a court attendance notice for driving with a suspended license on June 20, following a vehicle stop in Bellevue Hill.
In January, he was also convicted of a domestic violence charge dating back to September 2021, where he kicked and spit on a woman.
He was found guilty of common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of possession of a prohibited drug and contravening an apprehended violence order.
But he avoided jail and was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order and three 18-month community corrections orders for the domestic violence offences.