A paramedic and competitive bodybuilder arrested with a stash of steroids and adrenaline has escaped jail and a criminal conviction.
But Marlette Chantell Le-Feuvre’s professional career remains in doubt after she was ordered to perform 150 hours of community service when she was sentenced Wednesday.
Le-Feuvre, 31, pleaded guilty to a string of drug and medication possession charges at Southport Magistrates Court this week.
The court heard police discovered a bottle of the stimulant clenbuterol with syringes, MDMA and containers of steroid pills in a bedroom during a raid on his Maudsland home on the Gold Coast last year.
They also found a bottle of adrenaline in the kitchen, which Le-Feuvre claimed he had forgotten to take out of his pocket after a shift as a paramedic.
Marlette Le-Feuvre (pictured) avoided jail and a criminal sentence after being caught with a stash of steroids and drugs.
Police discovered a bottle of the stimulant clenbuterol with syringes, MDMA and steroid pill containers in the bedroom during a raid on Marlette Le-Feuvre’s home last year.
Officers also found a bag containing about 6.5 grams of cocaine and a smaller amount of MDMA belonging to his then partner, which the magistrate accepted were not for his use, police said. Gold Coast Newsletter reported.
Defense lawyer Jaimee-Lee Jessop previously said her client turned to bodybuilding as an escape while dealing with “personal chaos”, including the breakdown of her long-term relationship and the loss of a close friend.
On Wednesday, Acting Magistrate Sarah Thompson said Le-Feuvre will face further disciplinary proceedings from his employer, the Queensland Ambulance Service.
“It was a risk that you assumed knowing the possible consequences if you were detected: that your profession would be in danger,” the magistrate told Le-Feuvre.
“Without a doubt, the measures taken by those agencies were to protect the public.”
Magistrate Thompson said a psychologist indicated the court proceedings and related media reports had impacted Le-Feuvre’s mental health.
Marlette Le-Feuvre was ordered to complete 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a string of drug and medication possession charges at Southport Magistrates Court.
The magistrate said the media attention had been driven, at least in part, by Marlette Le-Feuvre’s success as a competitive bodybuilder (pictured).
The magistrate also accepted that he was “embarrassed”, saying the media attention had been fueled in part by his role as an influencer, as well as his success in bodybuilding.
The court heard that Le-Feuvre has since stopped using substances and cut off previously negative influences in his life.
A formal mental health diagnosis is still being explored.
Magistrate Thompson cited the uncertainty of her career and her ability to compete internationally among her reasons for not recording a conviction.
Le-Feuvre was suspended by Queensland Ambulance shortly after the charges were laid and has since had further conditions placed on her record.
His career is now in the hands of the Health Practitioners Regulation Agency.
Le-Feuvre declined to comment.