Scandal Joel Smith (Melbourne): Cocaine trafficking accusation

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Scandal - Joel Smith (Melbourne): Cocaine trafficking accusation

Trafficking Accusation: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/joel-smith-melbourne-cocaine-trafficking-accusation.1373812/post-82421629 MFC and AFL Statements: Melbourne Football Club Media Statement – Joel Smith The Melbourne Football Club has been advised by the AFL that further...
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MFC and AFL Statements:

Melbourne Football Club Media Statement – Joel Smith

The Melbourne Football Club has been advised by the AFL that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations have been asserted against Joel Smith by Sport Integrity Australia.

The Melbourne Football Club is not authorised to make public comment while this is an ongoing matter that is being investigated by Sport Integrity Australia.

It should be noted since the article has been published on the Herald Sun website, Joel’s management has contacted the Club on his behalf to advise that the comments made by the source within the article are not reflective of Joel’s views and the source is not speaking on any authority from Joel.

Joel has made it very clear that he has no issues or concerns with anyone at the Melbourne Football Club.

As the Club has previously stated, we will wait for the investigation to be completed before we update our supporters further.

AFL STATEMENT – JOEL SMITH

The AFL confirms that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) have been asserted against Joel Smith of the Melbourne Football Club under the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code.

Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) has notified Smith that three ADRVs for “Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking” of Cocaine to third parties are asserted against him.

Under the Code, Trafficking in an anti-doping context is relevantly defined to be “Selling, giving, transporting, sending, delivering or distributing a Prohibited Substance, by an Athlete … to any third party [but] shall not include actions involving Prohibited Substances which are not prohibited in Out-of-Competition Testing unless the circumstances as a whole demonstrate such Prohibited Substances are not intended for genuine and legal therapeutic purposes or are intended to enhance sport performance” (Article 1 of the Code).

Further, SIA has notified Smith that an ADRV for Possession of a Prohibited Substance (Cocaine) on 9 September 2022 is asserted against him.

These ADRVs are in addition to that previously asserted against him (in connection with a sample provided by him after the match between Melbourne and Hawthorn on 20 August 2023 which tested positive to Cocaine and its metabolite, Benzoylecgonine).

Smith will continue to be provisionally suspended pending the finalisation of all of these matters, meaning he is not permitted to be part of Melbourne’s football program, including Melbourne’s pre-season training that is currently underway.

Under the Code, the new asserted ADRVs will be further investigated by SIA and these matters may ultimately be heard by an AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal in the coming months.

Due to the ongoing nature of the anti-doping process, the AFL and SIA are unable to make any further comment at this time.
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Crankyhawk said:
perhaps there was an anaesthetic agent that affected retrograde memory, so the last thing he recalls is the fentanyl being given
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Not implying the Fentanyl was administered b4 the op - The Fentanyl was for pain control , it was considered to be an ‘uncontrollable pain event’ and administered by a female Doctor who was the head of ICU at the time - they removed my left kidney two days later.

The pain was caused by coagulated blood trying to pass from my kidney to my bladder.

Whatever the cause, the ‘ pink cloud’ was a warm fuzzy feeling and then I was out, in the ward.
 
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Oscarman said:
So Michael Warner say trafficking, Mitch Cleary says possession, and it was nearly 18 months ago. Hmmm...

SEN can get ****ed. They have had the MFC voodoo doll out for quite a while.
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yes AFL rug sweeping 'journo' Mitch Cleary... he's not at all compromised absolutely believe everything he says to appease the putin football league. wouldn't want to lose his AFL accreditation would he? people like Clearly are gutless as their media credentials are at the mercy of the AFL. Warner is actually a proper journalist.
 

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Oscarman said:
So Michael Warner say trafficking, Mitch Cleary says possession, and it was nearly 18 months ago. Hmmm...

SEN can get ****ed. They have had the MFC voodoo doll out for quite a while.
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You sound like Goodwin blaming someone else as usual.
 
Oscarman said:
So Michael Warner say trafficking, Mitch Cleary says possession, and it was nearly 18 months ago. Hmmm...

SEN can get ****ed. They have had the MFC voodoo doll out for quite a while.
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None of this can possibly be spun as the medias fault. Let’s not be so naive.

The players know the rules. There is no doubt that players at every club cross over the line, you put yourself at risk of being caught it you do. Smith has now been caught, he is responsible for that. Strap yourself in, because the SIA will follow that track as far as they can (as they are obligated to) & quite possibly it could lead to other players at Melbourne or possibly other clubs, getting caught in the net over the coming months. Obviously slightly different but we’ve seen this play out previously with Essendon.

As for the 18 months ago, that’s irrelevant, there is no statute of limitations, those text messages aren’t seen without the positive test. Under the Australian legislation that SIA operates under & the international standard set out by WADA, SIA is now obligated to find out where he got it from and if anyone else is involved. The legislation gives them the power and expectation to do so.

Joel Smith opened this can of worms, not the media, not the AFL & certainly not SIA. It all 100% goes back to his actions
 
sosos said:
No.

But we've sure heard from a heap of Collingwood supporters wondering if we've heard from Smith's father.

Getting boring.
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Talk shit
Get hit

He made voice clear on something that had nothing to do with him, now he cops it.
 
Pure_Ownage said:
Bartlett looking more accurate by the day.
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So do the rest of the board now have to own this? as they were the ones who pushed Bartlett out and didn't want to follow up on his concerns

Certain that the Dees come out and say Smith is the only bad apple, everyone else is sparkling clean, even Clarry.
 

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Pretty wild to think we managed to win a flag with Pablo Escobar on a list headed by King of Peptides Simon Goodwin.
Top 4 home and away season for the best part of three years in a row. Incredible really, what a team.
 
Pistol Night said:
Caffeine is a drug so Max is actually an addict
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You can take the boy out of the local Domino’s pizza shop but you can’t take the domino’s out of the boy
 
Would like there to be more scrutiny on drug usage in general. Smith is far from the only player to exercise his nasal muscles or send a message to his mates offering some drugs.
 
The PR and spin is a bit misguided when you now have multiple players with drug issues and one who has allegedly been trafficking to other players. I suppose Gawns spin is aimed at Dee’s nuffies who don’t want to engage their brains.
 
Strange comment from Max, TBH. Since there's only 3 people (Player, Doctor and CEO (or, appointed DLO) that know about strikes - positive samples, under the AFL Illicit Drug Policy, he wouldn't (or, shouldn't have) been told anyway. You're sworn to secrecy with that information. Unauthorized release of it carries a heavy penalty for anyone who divulges it.
 
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Elixuh said:
You can take the boy out of the local Domino’s pizza shop but you can’t take the domino’s out of the boy
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Cheap Tequila has forced many a Domino's meal out of a boy
 

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