The grandson of Hollywood star Paul Hogan has confessed to a string of crimes in a desperate bid for a last chance to kick his uncontrollable ice addiction.
Jake Paul Hogan pleaded guilty to a series of lesser offences on Friday to expedite his case in the New South Wales Drug Court and immediately entered a prison rehabilitation program.
Downing Centre Local Court magistrate Sharon Freund was told Hogan had chosen the drug court option to enter the special detoxification unit, which requires inmates to plead guilty.
Hogan, 34, is hopelessly addicted to methamphetamine and will be committed to the Compulsory Drug Treatment Centre at Parklea prison, 40 kilometres west of Sydney.
His strict new prison regime will bring him a grim new reality where he will have no privacy, not even while in the bathroom, in his attempt to stay drug-free and win his release.
He will spend the next six months in closed detention receiving therapeutic intervention, and then another six months in semi-open detention.
When he is eventually released on parole, he will still have to undergo urine tests three times a week at the Parklea facility.
Specially designed bathrooms with windows allow staff to observe men giving their urine sample and ensure they are not trying to evade drug detection.
Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan’s once handsome grandson Jake Hogan (above) is looking worse for wear since supposedly returning to the ice after being released from prison
After agreeing to have his case transferred to drug court, Jake Hogan is now likely to be held in closed detention inside Parklea Jail’s Mandatory Drug Treatment Centre (above)
The drug court system is designed for inmates like Hogan whose crimes are directly related to their drug addiction. Violent criminals or armed robbers do not qualify.
While Hogan has been repeatedly caught with tools used to burglarize vehicles and homes, including wire cutters and adjustable wrenches, he has not been charged with violent crimes.
Jake, whose famous grandfather is best known for his legendary Crocodile Dundee films, has had a number of arrests and violations since becoming addicted to ice three years ago.
His previous charges include keeping a knife in a public place, malicious damage, drug possession, shoplifting, bicycle theft and possession of stolen goods.
He was given the chance to turn his life around when his father fled New Zealand out of compassion and a magistrate released Jake into his custody.
But Hogan breached the community order he had been given when his father Todd flew in from New Zealand and, along with Jake’s sister Lara, appealed for his release in May.
Jake has fallen almost straight back into meth, with photos obtained exclusively by Daily Mail Australia showing the once handsome young carpenter looking thin and ice-racked.
When Jake was released from Silverwater Prison after his father Todd rescued him out of mercy, he looked more like his younger self, but fell back into the ice shortly after his release.
When he is released after about a year of treatment, Jake Hogan will still have to report three times a week to Parklea, where specially designed toilets with windows (above) allow staff to watch men give their urine samples.
Todd, one of Paul Hogan’s five children with his first wife, Noelene, promised to help Jake comply with the court-imposed conditions, including abstaining from drugs and alcohol, not committing other crimes and appearing in court as required.
After being released from Silverwater Prison in May, Hogan went to live with his father. at Edgecliff Lodge Motel in Sydney’s east.
But she reportedly rejected a quiet life of family dinners, preferring to meet up with friends for a night out.
Eight days after his release, police arrested Jake for an alleged previous theft of a bicycle and at around midnight on 27 July, Hogan was arrested again in Glebe, in Sydney’s inner west.
He was charged with possession of 1.5 grams of methamphetamine and also with possession of burglary instruments, including a wrench.
When he failed to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on August 2, Magistrate Clare Farnan issued a warrant for his arrest and police brought him in six days later.
He was charged with a previous offence of stealing a black Trek Marlin mountain bike, recklessly destroying a bicycle fence and trespassing on enclosed land at Woolloomooloo in February.
He was also accused of stealing a Red Bull energy drink and two portions of health porridge worth $9.60 from Woolworths in July.
The Kings Cross Proactive Crime Unit also charged him with possession of vehicle braking tools in Kingsford in June, and he is also charged with contravening an AVO.
By pleading guilty to all charges against him and attending rehab in prison while his case is transferred to drug court, Jake Hogan may earn another chance to get out of prison, albeit with very strict conditions.
Jake and his father Todd in Sydney before the young carpenter allegedly went off the rails dealing drugs and began breaking into shops and stealing bikes.
A recent photo of Jake Hogan after his release from prison and allegedly returning to methamphetamine use amid an arrest on several robbery and other charges.
The former carpenter once had a nice house, a car, a steady job and a girlfriend he hoped to marry, but his life took a downward turn earlier this year when the relationship ended.
Jake’s decline is partly due to the fact that he supposedly never got over the death of his mother, Marie, who suffered from multiple sclerosis and died when Jake was 17 in 2006.
In May, Associate Magistrate Judge Sharon Freund told Todd Hogan and Jake’s sister, Lara, that she was more inclined to release Jake from behind bars because of the family’s show of strength.
“He is a young man who needs some support,” the judge said. “He has the opportunity to change his life.”
Jake’s famous grandfather, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his breakout role as Mick “Crocodile” Dundee in 1987, lives in Los Angeles.
Paul Hogan also has a son, Chance, with his second wife and Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski, who lives in the United States.
Todd Hogan, son of Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan, and his daughter Lara leave the Downing Centre courts after coming to Jake’s rescue and securing his release from jail.
Paul Hogan, pictured with his second wife Linda Kozlowski in 2013, rose to Hollywood stardom for his role as Crocodile Dundee.