Hunt's habits affected his family
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Karmichael Hunt's drug and alcohol problem has a had a devastating affect on his family life, an Australian televison news network revealed.
In March this year the Australian Rugby Union slapped a six-week ban on the Reds' player after he pleaded guilty on cocaine charges.
In an interview, Hunt revealed that he often felt that his behaviour would never be noticed and that his wife tried on several occasions to intervene
"She tried many times to get me on the straight and narrow by saying 'Look it's not worth it …you could get into trouble'," Hunt said.
"I was ignorant to the fact I could get in trouble."
Hunt's wife said she was almost relieved when he got caught in February.
"I wasn’t overly surprised that this was happening to us," Emma said.
"It was actually almost a sense of relief for me.
"I just felt like, hopefully, it was the end of it, a period of many years."
She was pregnant when Hunt’s dirty habits went public in February.
"I was three weeks away from having our third baby [Bodhi] so it was the last thing I needed to hear," Emma said.
Australian Football League wild child Harley Bennell, a former teammate of Hunt at the Wild Coast Suns, had his own alleged drug demons to deal with.
He lived with the Hunts on the Gold Coast and through hard experience his failed mentor had words of advice for him.
"I"ve made my mistakes, I've put my hand up and owned it and Harley is going to have to do the same going forward," said Hunt who said he'd spoken with Bennell.
Hunt named a dozen Suns players in connection to his golf trip booze and drugs shame last year in a statement to the crime and corruption commission investigative team.
"I've been reading stories about the drug culture here and there. It is not the truth," Hunt said.
Source: The Courier-Mail
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