Former Australian cricketer-turned-commentator Michael Slater has been arrested after he allegedly sent several text messages and made phone calls to the person he was charged with stalking and harassing in October this year. The court was told that, during a two-and-a-half hour window on Tuesday evening, Mr Slater allegedly sent at least 66 text messages and made 18 phone calls to the complainant." It was then reported that he was arrested "at his home in Manly, north of Sydney and taken to Manly police station". McLoughlin said that at the time Slater sent the messaged and made phone calls, "the disorder was heavily at play". I had government permission to work on the IPL but I now have government neglect," Slater had tweeted.

Source: Stuff December 15, 2021 07:56 UTC