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Former NRL player Paul Carter has been granted bail after fronting court for breaching release conditions in a previous domestic violence case.
Carter, 31, appeared at Waverley Local Court on Friday after surrendering himself into Waverley police custody on Wednesday.
He was obligated to attend after police alleged he failed to complete any of his 140 hours of court-mandated community service following a 2023 domestic violence conviction.
Carter, who appeared via video link from the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, was represented by a Legal Aid NSW lawyer.
Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge said if Carter again failed to participate in community service he would 'seal his fate' and ensure jail time.
Troubled former NRL player Paul Carter has been granted bail after fronting court for breaching release conditions in a previous domestic violence case
Carter (pictured left in 2017 playing for the Roosters) appeared at Waverley Local Court on Friday after surrendering himself to police earlier this week
'It's in his own hands,' Ms Milledge said. 'That's an attitude thing, one scintilla of feedback suggesting that he's rude, that he hasn't kept an appointment, and that will absolutely seal his fate.'
As part of his bail conditions, Carter's partner and mother have told the court their intention to each provide $1000 securities.
'If you don't get the message by now that you're not doing things your way, you're doing this the court's way, you never will,' Ms Milledge said speaking directly to Carter. 'I have no confidence in you whatsoever.
'If I had been dealing with [your initial
