Babble 03/31/2008
The Bra Boys Can't Stop Getting in Trouble
Read this story and thought it was pretty interesting. What’s wrong with these guys? (please don’t beat me up) Why can’t they stop getting in trouble? Are they just trying to get enough stories for Bra Boys 2?
Back to the breaks as Bra Boy busts bankruptcy blues
by Kate McClymont
BEERS, breaks and bankruptcy are matters the surfer Koby Abberton knows well. But as of this week it’s only breaks that remain on the Bra Boy’s agenda with news from Hawaii that Abberton has been charged with assault after a hotel brawl. Honolulu police said Abberton was arrested after he punched a 27-year-old man in the face who was trying to break up a fight. The incident happened in the early hours of March 8.
At least Abberton is no longer a bankrupt. When he was declared bankrupt in 2006, with debts of more that $1 million, it was discovered the surfer had never filed a tax return. Among his debts were $940,000 to the National Australia Bank and $150,000 to the NSW Crime Commission. His lawyers, Armstrong Legal, were owed $50,000. They had acted for him when he was charged with perverting the course of justice over his brother Jai’s killing of the stand-over man Tony Hines. Jai argued it was self-defence. The jury agreed. Younger brother Koby was found guilty of lying but received a suspended sentence.
Abberton’s minders have been restricting him to a living allowance and his earnings have repaid his creditors. Not so fortunate is Jai, who was nabbed by Redfern detectives in December after they spotted him behind the wheel of a car. Given he had been banned from driving until 2022, Jai bolted. Police commandeered a bicycle and gave chase. Abberton pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in May.
Also disappearing is Koby’s ad for Bondi Blonde beer. The ad, which has been on YouTube for a year, features Abberton downing a beer in the surf and, as a bikini-clad blonde emerges from the water, a voice over intones: “Nothing goes down like a Bondi Blonde.”
A fortnight ago, the Herald’s marketing man, Julian Lee, wrote the brewery owner John Singleton had ignored demands by the alcohol industry’s watchdog to take the ad down”. It has been dispatched by the new owners of Bluetongue Brewery.
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