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The chilling contents of hundreds of threatening text messages sent by former Test cricket player Michael Slater have been revealed in court
Scores of alleged abusive texts sent by the disgraced former Test cricketer to a woman in a tirade starting from the morning and ending well into the afternoon have been exposed in court documents, including one chilling threat she had 'put a good guy in jail'.
Once one of the most celebrated names in Australian Test cricket throughout the 1990s, Michael Jonathan Slater's public and spectacular fall from grace has culminated in the player turned commentator being taken back to jail following horrific allegations of his assault and abuse of a woman.
Slater, 54, collapsed in court on Tuesday after being refused bail on multiple charges, including stalking, enter dwelling with intent by break at night, choking, assault occasioning bodily harm, common assault and breaching bail.
His case will be mentioned again on May 31.
Slater faces multiple charges, including stalking, enter dwelling with intent by break at night, choking, assault occasioning bodily harm, common assault and breaching bail
Slater scored 5312 Test runs in 74 matches as Aussie opener. He also played 42 one-day internationals for Australia
Some of the hundreds of texts the former television presenter is alleged to have sent the woman were detailed in a police objection to a bail affidavit filed in court documents at the Maroochydore Magistrates Court.
One alleged incident involved Slater sending 28 texts from about 9.36am on March 17 to 4.27pm that same day to the woman.
In the dozens of messages he is alleged to have written: 'You are cruel'; 'Ok I am coming to you' and 'You're going to hurt me aren't you'.
In one other message, he allegedly states: 'Oh I get it. An escort date. Haha. I just realised.'
Another allegedly read: 'I'm done with your games. But you've put a good guy in lail.'
The texts follow similar alleged streams of abuse from the former cricket star towards the same woman since December last year, with police claiming he bombarded her with more than 300 abusive texts.
In court documents, police allege Slater texted the woman on December 6 and said: 'I've just woken up, I fell and think I've broken my rib, Oh and I need a bottle of vodka.'
Police claim the former Test cricketer bombarded the woman with more than 300 abusive texts
The contents of some of those texts have been revealed in court, including threats against the woman and against himself
It was allegedly followed by 25 more messages and
