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Daily Mail
12 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Family of footy legend whose drug-fuelled death rocked the AFL hit back at his partner after she made stunning claims
The family of former West Coast Eagles great Adam Hunter have responded to claims made by his partner Latisha Yacoub that she is owed money by his relatives. Mr Hunter passed away in February at the age of 43, with a coroner's inquiry stating that the 2006 premiership winner's cause of death related to drug-induced heart failure. Last week, his partner Ms Yacoub, spoke on the day Mr Hunter died, as well as the Eagles great's battle with addiction. Ms Yacoub, a qualified nurse and a mother-of-three, told The West Australian she suspected her partner had taken methamphetamine the day he passed away on February 4. She heartbreakingly opened up on her final moments with Mr Hunter, revealing that she found him on the floor in their bedroom with foam coming out of his mouth. Ms Yacoub, 41, who met the former Eagles player when they were teenagers, revealed she began performing CPR and called an ambulance before he later passed away. In the wide-ranging interview, Ms Yacoub opened up on Mr Hunter's life after professional football, claiming that she had supported the former Eagles utility player during his battles with addiction. The mother-of-three explained she had given him a weekly allowance from her own salary, and had taken out a $40,000 loan to pay his legal bills. However, she also appeared to claim that her relationship with Mr Hunter's family had worsened following his death. 'He didn't have a will but when he died, his family made it clear to me that I would be looked after because of all the money I had spent on him over the past few years, but now things have got very uncomfortable between us,' she told The West Australian. Mr Hunter's family has now responded to Ms Yacoub's claim, stating that they are still grieving and that they are focusing on supporting the Eagles great's young son. 'We are still grieving the loss of our son,' Mr Hunter's family told The West Australian. 'We will be focusing our energy on supporting the people that loved him, our family, close friends and especially Adam's son. 'We hope Latisha gets the help she obviously needs. We will not be making any further comment.' Ms Yacoub also has some of Mr Hunter's belongings stored in her house. Some of those personal effects are understood to include some of his treasured sports memorabilia, fishing equipment and a Toyota Prado. The West Australian has also claimed that Mr Hunter's family is 'furious' that Ms Yacoub has allegedly not allowed them access to the items. The outlet adds that the family are arguing that they should be given to his 14-year-old son. Mr Hunter enjoyed a distinguished career in footy's top flight. He began his footy journey playing for South Bunbury before joining WAFL side Swan Districts in 1999. His impressive performances would see him go on to be drafted as 29th pick in the 1999 National Draft by the Eagles, before making his debut the following year. Mr Hunter would go on to make 151 appearances for the Western Australian club before retiring from pro footy in 2009 following a shoulder injury. Despite being forced to step away from the AFL prematurely, he'd still continue to play club-level footy, turning out for both South Bunbury and Swan Districts. Mr Hunter would go on to make 151 appearances for the Western Australian club before retiring from pro footy in 2009 following a shoulder injury Ms Yacoub also opened up further on her partner's life after footy and his issues with addiction. 'He was working as a truck driver, running freight between Bunbury and Perth, and he would chip in a couple of hundred dollars every week or usually every fortnight to help out with rent but that was it,' she told The West Australian. 'The rest of his money went on drugs. It had always been that way. He had been earning good money when he was playing AFL and had bought some houses but he lost those.' Mr Hunter had multiple houses repossessed and had died bankrupt. Ms Yacoub had claimed that he had sold off some of his football memorabilia to pay of drug dealers. 'His family had given him money a few times, but they refused to step in to stop him going bankrupt, which I completely understand, because he had let them down so many times before,' she added. Mr Hunter and Ms Yacoub had previously split up after she said she 'suspected she wasn't the only woman in his life'. However, the pair reconciled in 2022, with the Eagles great moving into her house. Ms Yacoub explained that she never stopped loving the former footy player: 'To me he was still amazing.' 'He was just so attentive and nice,' she said. 'He would do things like drop in and see me at lunchtime and call in sick for me by pretending to be my brother so we could spend the day together.' During his funeral, Ms Yacoub had called the former footballer 'my lover, my best friend, my soulmate and the absolute love of my life.' 'We've had our fair share of ups and downs but no matter what we both knew that there'd never be anybody else,' she said at the service.
News.com.au
6 days ago
- News.com.au
Adam Hunter's partner shares harrowing final moments of West Coast great's life
The partner of former West Coast Eagles champion Adam Hunter has detailed his harrowing final moments and how she tried to save the drug-addicted star's life on their bedroom floor. Hunter was found unresponsive just after midnight in early February, with a coronial inquiry later revealing meth-induced heart failure as the cause of his death. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. His partner, Latisha Yacoub, who is a registered nurse, revealed she gave CPR to the 43-year-old and desperately pleaded with him to stay with her as she tried in vain to save his life. 'I was screaming at him to keep his eyes open,' she told The West Australian, recalling the night of February 5. 'He was looking at me. He couldn't move anything except his head. I said, 'Just don't die on me'. That was the last time he looked at me, and then he closed his eyes, and I started CPR.' Ms Yacoub says she was of the belief Hunter had taken meth in the hours before his death. And the WA Coroner indicated that Hunter's drug use had ultimately exacerbated his heart complications and coronary artery disease. Yacoub first met Hunter as a teenager, but after drifting apart, they reconnected in 2022, and the couple were eager to make it work. According to The West Australian, Yacoub had just returned from Bali with her children and had an argument with the Eagles great about the need for him to turn his life around in the hours before his death. Yacoub recalled Hunter told her he 'really wanted to make things work' and promised 2025 would be their year. But then that night, she heard a noise as she was putting contact on her kids' school books ahead of the new school year. When she ran into the bedroom to see what it was, Yacoub saw her partner on the ground, foaming at the mouth and immediately thought he must have overdosed. 'I was screaming, 'What have you done, what have you done? ' I lifted his head up and I screamed at him to open his eyes. I kept asking what he had done so I knew what I was dealing with. 'He opened his eyes. I said I was calling the ambulance and he shook his head because he had always said he never wanted to wind up in hospital if something went wrong. 'I said, 'I don't care, I need help because I don't know what you have done'. I asked him to lift his arms and his legs. He had no motor response, no verbal response. 'My eldest was on the phone to the ambulance. I didn't stop CPR. My son said Adam was turning blue. I knew he had gone. He had turned really blue. And then he turned bloodshot purple.' Hunter played 151 games for West Coast and was etched into the club's history books after kicking the club's final goal of their 2006 Grand Final triumph, with his goal celebration becoming an iconic moment not just in Eagles history, but in the AFL. He backed up his 29-goal 2006 season with another top year in 2007, finishing second in the club's best and fairest.
Perth Now
7 days ago
- Perth Now
‘He couldn't move': AFL hero's tragic final moments revealed
The grieving partner of Adam Hunter has detailed the West Coast star's harrowing final moments, as a coronial inquiry pinpointed meth-induced heart failure as the cause of his death. Latisha Yacoub administered CPR to Hunter as he lay on their bedroom floor on the night of February 4. 'I was screaming at him to keep his eyes open,' she told The West Australian in an exclusive interview. 'He was looking at me. He couldn't move anything except his head. 'I said 'just don't die on me'. That was the last time he looked at me and then he closed his eyes and I started CPR.' The WA Coroner believes the Eagle's drug use exacerbated his heart complications, which included cardiac hypertrophy — a thickening of the heart walls — and coronary artery disease. Former West Coast Eagle Adam Hunter and partner Latisha Yacoub. Credit: Unknown / Supplied Hunter's drug use was well known but Ms Yacoub said most people underestimated how far his addiction had overtaken his life. He blew all the money he earned while on high-paying contracts with the Eagles, had his houses repossessed and died bankrupt after selling almost all his football memorabilia to pay his dealers. Ms Yacoub, 41, said that despite the challenges of living with an addict, she never stopped loving him. 'Besides all the s..t stuff, to me he was still amazing,' she said. Ms Yacoub first met Hunter when she was 18 and he had just been drafted to the Eagles. 'He was just so attentive and nice,' she said. 'He would do things like drop in and see me at lunchtime and call in sick for me by pretending to be my brother so we could spend the day together. 'We were both very young and it was a bit of a whirlwind. But I suspected I wasn't the only woman in his life, which I kind of understood because West Coast players at that time were always being chased by the girls. 'I ended up finding out about someone else and we lost touch. We started seeing each other again in August 2022 and I told him then that he would never hurt me like that again. 'He kind of rolled his eyes and said 'have you really been holding this grudge all this time?' 'I thought he had changed and when I realised he hadn't I had already fallen in love with him again.' Read the full exclusive interview on for heartbreaking details on Adam Hunter's battle with drug addiction.
Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Daily Mail
Footy legend's partner gives a shattering account of his last moments as she tried to save his life with CPR as meth killed him: 'I was screaming at him to keep his eyes open'
The partner of former AFL star Adam Hunter has recalled the harrowing final moments of his life after he overdosed on drugs in February. Hunter, 43, was a premiership hero with the West Coast Eagles in 2006 – but he also battled drug addiction for decades, including during his decorated playing days. A coronial inquiry has pinpointed meth–induced heart failure as the cause of his death. Latisha Yacoub recalled frantically administering CPR to Hunter on the night of February 4. 'I was screaming at him to keep his eyes open,' she said. 'He was looking at me. He couldn't move anything except his head. 'I said, "Just don't die on me". That was the last time he looked at me and then he closed his eyes and I started CPR.' The WA Coroner believes Hunter's ongoing drug use exacerbated his heart complications, which included cardiac hypertrophy – a thickening of the walls of the heart – and coronary artery disease. Hunter's drug use was no secret – and due to his addiction, he had multiple houses repossessed. He also died bankrupt after selling most of his football memorabilia to pay drug dealers. The couple initially met when Hunter was drafted to West Coast as a teenager – but she soon suspected she 'wasn't the only woman in his life'. They reconciled in August 2022 and Hunter pledged never to hurt Yacoub again. In December that year, Hunter moved into Yacoub's house with her two children in Bunbury, south of Perth. The fallen footy star worked occasionally as a truck driver, but the majority of his pay 'went on drugs', Yacoub said. She also revealed Hunter previously told her he avoided drug testers while he was playing with the Eagles by shaving his head so they couldn't perform hair-follicle tests. Hunter's drug use – mainly meth – increased after injuries forced his retirement from the AFL in 2009. 'Even when he was playing (state league in Western Australia) for South Bunbury, he would treat it like the AFL,' she said. 'He would weigh himself relentlessly, on game day up to eight times. He was using steroids and any supplement he could find.' Yacoub said Hunter was using elective androgen receptor modulators, which help promote muscle and bone growth. He was also taking the fat–burning drug clenbuterol. 'He didn't want to age,' she told the West Australian. 'He would try anything to stay young. He wanted to be that person in the 2006 grand final.' Yacoub – a qualified nurse – believes Hunter took meth on the day he died. 'I had just come back from Bali with my children,' she recalled. 'We had a conversation about how I couldn't have things keep on the way they were. West Coast Eagles premiership–winning coach John Worsfold paid an emotional tribute to Hunter, stating he would have loved to have played alongside the defender 'He said 'I really want to make things work'. (Next) I heard a noise. I went to the bedroom and he was on the floor. There was a little bit of foam coming out of his mouth and I thought he had overdosed. 'I was screaming, "What have you done, what have you done?" I lifted his head up and I screamed at him to open his eyes. I kept asking what he had done so I knew what I was dealing with. 'He opened his eyes. I said I was calling the ambulance and he shook his head because he had always said he never wanted to wind up in hospital if something went wrong. 'I said, "I don't care, I need help because I don't know what you have done". I asked him to lift his arms and his legs. He had no motor response, no verbal response. 'My eldest was on the phone to the ambulance. I didn't stop CPR. My son said Adam was turning blue. I knew he had gone. He had turned really blue. And then he turned bloodshot purple.' Speaking at Hunter's funeral, Yacoub labelled the former footballer 'my lover, my best friend, my soulmate and the absolute love of my life'. 'We've had our fair share of ups and downs but no matter what we both knew that there'd never be anybody else,' she said at the service. 'Some people wait a lifetime to experience the love we share.' Following Hunter's death, Yacoub's relationship with his grieving family became strained. 'He didn't have a will... but when he died, his family made it clear to me that I would be looked after because of all the money I had spent on him over the past few years,' she said in the coronial inquiry. 'But now things have got very uncomfortable between us.' Star swingman Hunter played 151 games for the Eagles over a decade-long AFL career from 2000-09, before injuries led to his premature retirement. Hunter kicked a career-high 29 goals in 2006, including a crucial major in the final stages of that year's epic one-point grand-final win over the Sydney Swans.
CBC
07-06-2025
- Politics
- CBC
First ministers' meeting in Saskatoon and wildfires in northern Sask.
The Morning Edition's political panel reflects on the first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon, its impact and how everyone got along, as well as the province's reaction to the wildfires in northern Saskatchewan and highlights from the provincial auditor's report. The panel featured Regina Leader-Post columnist Murray Mandryk, Canadian Press reporter Jeremy Simes and Morning Edition host Adam Hunter.
