EXCLUSIVE Perth's high society tier list: Ruthless gossips leak the city's hidden hierarchy in our most cutting social rankings yet - as TWO former A-listers take a tumble down the ranks
Since we began covering the tawdry saga of Dr David Hurst a few weeks ago, we have received dozens of tips from Perth's most incorrigible gossips advising us that the City of Light is a hotbed of under-reported rumours, feuds and scandal.
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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Former footy player learns fate over drink driving crash that killed the 'love of his life'
Ray Card has been sentenced to nine years in jail after the former Geelong player, who had been four times over the legal drink drive limit, caused a car accident in November 2024, which killed his wife, Amanda McDonald, and injured a 19-year-old woman. The 68-year-old pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death and a second charge of negligently causing serious injury to another. He will be eligible for parole after serving four years of his sentence. The crash occurred on the Geelong Ring Road on November 16. Mr Card and Ms McDonald were returning home from a wedding in Lara when the former Cats player drove onto the wrong side of the road and collided head-on with a BMW. The County Court of Victoria heard that Mr Card had a blood alcohol reading of 0.226 following the crash. Both Mr Card and Ms McDonald had been drinking during the wedding. The former AFL player had initially planned to leave his car at the wedding venue and take a taxi home to his residence in Grovedale. The accident left a 19-year-old promising volleyball player with serious injuries that required her to use a wheelchair during a long recovery. His partner, Ms McDonald died at the scene. During a sentencing hearing at the County Court at Geelong on Thursday, Judge Gerrard Mullaly told the court that Mr Card's decision to drive home was a 'catastrophically bad decision.' Police body camera footage recorded following the crash was shown to the court. It showed Mr Card taking immediate responsibility. 'It's my fault, I'm pissed,' he had said. During sentencing, Judge Mullaly explained that the consequences of the crash and Mr Card's blood alcohol reading made the case a 'serious example of culpable driving.' The judge also explained his shock to the court at Mr Card's blood alcohol level, saying that it was a figure that he had not encountered for over 20 years. The court also heard 15 character statements for Mr Card. One of those came from Ms McDonald's family, while multiple former Geelong players also issued statements. The McDonald family has remained supportive of Mr Card, with Judge Mullaly stating that he was 'deeply impressed by their generosity of spirit' despite the loss of Ms McDonald. Judge Mullaly took the references into consideration when handing down the sentence, and also noted Mr Card's remorse. 'Your personal qualities are not dismissed or given lip service by me… plainly you are much more than the one diabolically bad decision you made,' the judge said. Mr Card had also issued a letter to the McDonald family, where he expressed his deep remorse. 'The time I spend in jail will not compare to your life now, and the loss of the love of my life,' the former Geelong player wrote. 'I wish it had been me.' Mr Card had been admitted to hospital following the crash, where it was found that he was suffering from a terminal cardiac illness. The football player has a 36 per cent chance of living for a further five years. 'A just or appropriate sentence may well mean you spend the rest of his life in jail,' Judge Mullaly said, taking note of his illness. He added: 'You should have hope, even if faint, that you survive the non-parole period.' Mr Card made 110 appearances for Geelong between 1977 and 1987. Following his playing career, Mr Card stepped into coaching and would take charge of multiple local footy sides, including Wangaratta and Milawa.
Sky News
an hour ago
- Sky News
Melania Trump threatens to sue Hunter Biden for $1bn over Epstein comments
Melania Trump has threatened to sue Hunter Biden for more than $1bn (£736.5m) in damages if he does not retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein. Mr Biden, who is the son of former US president Joe Biden, alleged in an interview this month that sex trafficker Epstein introduced the first lady to President Donald Trump. "Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep," he claimed. Ms Trump's lawyer labelled the comments false, defamatory and "extremely salacious" in a letter to Mr Biden. Her lawyer wrote that the first lady suffered "overwhelming financial and reputational harm" as the claims were widely discussed on social media and reported by media around the world. The president and first lady previously said they were introduced by modelling agent Paolo Zampolli at a New York Fashion Week party in 1998. Mr Biden attributed the claim that Epstein introduced the couple to author Michael Wolff, who was accused by Mr Trump of making up stories to sell books in June and was dubbed a "third-rate reporter" by the president. The former president's son doubled down on his remarks in a follow-up interview with the same YouTube outlet, Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, entitled "Hunter Biden Apology". Asked if he would apologise to the first lady, Mr Biden responded: "F*** that - that's not going to happen." He added: "I don't think these threats of lawsuits add up to anything other than designed distraction." Ms Trump's threat to sue Mr Biden echoes a strategy employed by her husband, who has aggressively used legal action to go after critics. Public figures like the Trumps must meet a high bar to succeed in a defamation suit like the one that could be brought by the first lady if she follows through with her threat. In his initial interview, Mr Biden also hit out at "elites" and others in the Democratic Party, who he claims undermined his father before he dropped out of last year's race for president. The letter threatening legal action against Mr Biden is dated 6 August and was first reported by Fox News Digital. It was addressed to Abbe Lowell, a lawyer who has represented Mr Biden in his criminal cases. Mr Lowell has not yet commented on the letter. 0:46 This comes as pressure on the White House to release the Epstein files has been mounting for weeks, after he made a complete U-turn on his administration's promise to release more information publicly. The US Justice Department, which confirmed in July that it would not be releasing the files, said a review of the Epstein case had found "no incriminating 'client list'" and "no credible evidence" the jailed financier - who killed himself in prison in 2019 - had blackmailed famous men.
The Sun
2 hours ago
- The Sun
Soap star reveals he was drugged and raped by two men – and his dad's heartbreaking response when he was told
HORRIFYING ORDEAL The star appeared in the Australian soap for five years in the nineties HOME and Away star Mat Stevenson has revealed he was raped as an 18 year old. The actor, 56, played Adam Cameron on the Australian soap between 1989 and 1994, has told how he was attacked by two men in a horrifying ordeal. 2 2 Speaking about his ordeal, he told The Sydney Morning Herald how it happened after he attended a meeting to become a real estate agent. However after the event he was given a drink but began feeling dizzy. He added to the newspaper: 'This other bloke [then] came out of nowhere. I was paralysed, I was a strong young kid, I was a good sportsman, but I was paralysed.' He was then raped by the two men and blacked out. Mat revealed he regained consciousness the next day in the same room, but he was alone. 'I was in a fair bit of pain, and I was late for work,' he said. Struggling with what happened, Mat revealed he confided in his dad, adding: 'I told my dad, I said, 'I think I've just been raped', and he ignored it.' And the day after his ordeal, he received a phone call offering him a role in Neighbours. He later went on to become a household name in rival soap Home and Away before quitting after five years playing character Adam. Years later Mat revealed that he'd quit the soap for love after deciding to turn his back on fame in order to marry and have a family. He said in 2019 to the Daily Telegraph: 'After I left Home and Away, I travelled for three years and when I came back I was 27. 'I met a woman that I loved and we wanted a family,' he told The Daily Telegraph. 'And with that comes responsibility so I sought out some secure work and that's the government role I have been working in ever since.' The actor now works for the Australian government as a investigator. He shares two daughters, 24 and 21, with his wife.
