Star Parramatta Eels player Corey Norman has pleaded guilty to drug possession charges at the Sydney Downing Centre local court on Wednesday Morning.
It continues the season from hell for both Norman and the Parramatta Eels, with Norman being fined $400 for the offence.
It continues a string of off-field stories that have plagued the Eels this year, including Semi Radradra’s controversial Fijian trip, the ongoing issues with former skipper Kieran Foran and Norman’s various exploits.
Considering Norman is an off-contract player at the end of the year, and the Eels well-documented salary cap problems and penalties, it’s not a great look for the club and for the player. At least that would be the case if he were a fringe player or struggling.
His form on the field means there is simply no way the Eels will take their offer off the table although negotiations have been delayed, or that other clubs, including the St George Illawarra Dragons, would consider not making a play for him.
Norman was caught trying to enter the Star Casino in possession of a container filled with MDMA pills during May, and the fallout from that event has been horrific. It was later revealed he had dined out with James Segeyaro and bikie figures that night and the police had issued both players consorting warnings.
That offence in itself carried a jail term, although under section 93x of New South Wales law a person must be given a warning by the police, with the maximum sentence being three years.
This all comes after Norman was allegedly involved in a snapchat sex tape scandal with Segeyaro, although no vision of the alleged incident has surfaced, with reports of an individual shopping the footage around to media outlets for $150,000.
It is likely that when the NRL integrity unit investigates he will be suspended for matches as the season nears the end, even though the Eels are unlikely to make the finals after their salary cap points deduction, just another issue for the club to handle.
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