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Olympic gold medallist Chantelle Newbery fails to front court on stealing and drugs charges
Olympic gold medal diver Chantelle Newbery has failed to appear in a southeast Queensland court less than 24 hours after assuring her lawyer she would.
The former darling of the pool was due to front Cleveland Magistrates Court on Tuesday on stealing and drugs charges.
When she failed to turn up, magistrate Deborah Vasta called her lawyer from the bench.
Luke Burns said he had spoken to the Olympian at length on Monday night and she had said she would appear.
“I don’t know what’s happened…
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