Former Seven star Andrew O’Keefe was hospitalised on the weekend after NSW Ambulance paramedics rendered assistance.
Media reports allege he had to be revived after a drug overdose at a party at a home in Vaucluse.
“NSW Ambulance paramedics rendered assistance to the man before taking him to St Vincent’s Hospital where he is reported to be in a stable condition,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“Officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were called to a home unit on Old South head Road at Vaucluse about 3.40am (Saturday 14 September 2024), responding to concerns for the welfare of a 52-year-old man.”
“Inquiries into the incident are continuing,” added police.
He has since been released.
O’Keefe was found guilty by a magistrate in January of common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and breaching an apprehended violence order after a “violent and degrading” incident against the woman inside a unit in Sydney’s east in September 2021.
Last week he lost an appeal against his convictions for domestic violence after a judge found he has a tendency to spit at the woman in a “low, demeaning act” and that her injuries were consistent with being kicked, pushed and scratched.
It was the latest in a long list of court appearances for the fallen star.
In December 2023, O’Keefe avoided court after he pleaded guilty to driving with drugs in his system.
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Source: The Age, news.com.au
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