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Former AFL superstar Wayne Carey has bragged about dumping the bag of white powder at the centre of an incident that threatens to finally end his media career.
Sources told Daily Mail Australia that although Carey initially indicated he would be happy to hand over the bag, which he insists did not contain an illegal substance, he now claims to have disposed of it.
A new image obtained by Daily Mail Australia shows Carey enjoying the company of three men at the Lobby Lounge outside Crown Perth's Metropol Hotel where he was supposed to be staying that night.
One of the men can be seen downing a beer next to the former North Melbourne and Adelaide star.
Carey was escorted out of the casino hours later after the bag of white powder fell out of his pocket while he was gambling.
West Australian Police told Daily Mail Australia the September 1 incident was still under investigation.
Wayne Carey on September 1 at Crown Casino in Perth. It was the day he was kicked out after dropping a bag of white powder on a table
Carey can be seen seated at Crown with three other men - one of whom appears to be downing a beer
Wayne Carey and partner Jessica Paulke arrive at the Fashion Aid Twilight Beach Polo on February 16, 2018
In a desperate bid to hang onto his media jobs, Carey hired legal powerhouse Maurice Blackburn Lawyers to represent him after the incident.
Lawyer Josh Bornstein said his client was incorrectly ejected 'under the assumption that the bag contained an illegal drug'.
'Mr Carey is prescribed anti-inflammatories and pain killing medicine to help manage the significant pain caused by debilitating football injuries – including a shoulder that needs replacing and a neck injury that requires three discs to be replaced,' he said upon taking up the Carey case.
'We are considering whether Crown Casino unlawfully discriminated against Mr Carey by excluding him from its premises as a result of a pre-existing disability.'
Well-placed sources told Daily Mail Australia Carey went to lawyers before even asking Crown for an apology.
Legal experts further claimed Carey would need to provide solid proof of his supposed disability to have any chance of success in the unlikely event the matter arrived in court.
'If he wants to claim disability he needs to prove he has the disability, that he's prescribed that medication for that and that it has to be taken in powdered form and then he would need a signed affidavit from a doctor stating all of that,' the expert said.
Carey told reporters before a dinner at Wagga Wagga RSL Club in the Riverina district on September 8 that he wanted to know why police weren't called to the casino when he was kicked out.
'On two occasions they had an opportunity to call police. If what was alleged had happened then police should have been called straight away,' he said.
'They had another opportunity when I went up to my room to call police and they never called the police.
'I want to know why because if they had called the police I wouldn't be standing here talking to you about this. If it had occurred the police would have been called.'
Carey also claimed he offered to give the bag of powder to security.
Carey is pictured before speaking on the white powder incident for the first time on Thursday September 8
The claims were dismissed by Crown boss Ciaran Carruthers, who
