Have the beautiful, young, female hedonists learned nothing from the Schapelle Corby saga? Adelaide model
Schapelle Michelle Leslie has been
arrested at a Bali party with two tablets, believed to be ecstasy. The "Vertigo Goes to Bali" party was hit by an Indonesian police operation and the pills were found in her make-up bag, but no will be laid until testing is complete - Leslie earlier tested negative to narcotics. She could be enjoying a cell in Corby's prison for up to 10 years if found guilty, but, according to Channel 7 news, insiders say she is likely to only receive 10 months.
Leslie, of course, maintains her innocence and
claims the drugs were planted in her bag. Sound familiar? This is already starting to sound like a rerun of the Corby trial - beautiful white Australian girl found with drugs in Bali which she insists were planted, and her family and friends are shocked and deny it could be true.
"She doesn't take drugs, she doesn't take cold tablets or Panadol. She won't even take anything when she is sick."
So say her parents, who obviously know everything about the young woman who is now 24 and living the life of a high-profile career model, a world she was thrust into at 15. People she knew from that world are just as surprised.
"I seriously could not believe it. It's like some horrible, disgusting misunderstanding. She was just a gorgeous girl, really innocent, special and sweet."
Esther Kermenski, a friend of Leslie, told Channel 10 it was "out of character."
It is highly likely that none of these people really know what they are talking about, and that Ms. Leslie was at a party in Bali and decided she would spice things up by trying some ecstasy, something she may even have done before - it would not surprise me. Successful model, adored by many, world at her feet, thinking she is invincible. If found guilty, she's going to have at least 10 months to realise she was wrong and how a couple of pills may have cost her her career.
Kim Beazley tells it how it is:
"Just don't wreck your lives with drugs, it's as simple as that. Every day you see a story in the paper that makes you want to send that message out again and again."
But they don't listen, do they.