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AFL legend Ben Cousins reveals how his 'need to escape' from the pressures of footy led to his addiction and downward spiral
Ben Cousins has shared how his need to 'escape' from his high pressure football career led to a downward spiral that saw him struggling with addiction.
His dramatic fall from grace was well documented from 2007 as he publicly battled a drug addiction and coped with his failed relationship with Maylea Tinecheff. In 2021, Susan Backshell, who has acted as a mentor for Cousins since his last stint on jail, told Daily Mail Australia that he remains solely focused on his kids. Promising to tell untold tales from his football career, the tour marked a kind of catharsis for the controversial Brownlow Medallist.
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