Wayne Carey might sure Perth Crown casino after white bag saga sees him banned for two years

AFL star Wayne Carey revealed he might sue Crown Casino over the ‘white powder’ saga which has seen him lose his lucrative TV and radio jobs.

The former North Melbourne legend On Wednesday retained the services of Josh Bornstein from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers to investigate a possible ‘disability discrimination claim’ against the gaming giant after he was booted from the Perth Crown Casino On Thursday. 

Gamblers watched on as a ziplock bag of unidentified white powder fell from Carey’s pocket onto a gambling table. 

Staff raised the alarm and Carey was escorted by in-house security from the premises and barred from all Crown venues for two years.

Mr Bornstein said he was unceremoniously 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,’ the lawyer said. 

Carey was kicked out of the Perth Crown casino last Thursday after a bag of unidentified white powder fell from his pocket onto a game table

‘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.’

The matter is now under investigation by the Western Australian Police. 

‘It was not an illegal substance, it was offered to security. Security didn’t take it,’ Carey told The Age.

‘They just said it’s not a great look, I understood that, and we left without incident.’

In the aftermath of the white powder scandal, Carey has stood down from Channel Seven and ‘relieved of his on-air duties’ on Triple M Footy.

He is expected to address the saga on Thursday while speaking at a men’s mental health event in Wagga Wagga, where his football career began.

Carey (pictured with partner Jessica Paulke) is due to address the white powder saga at a men’s mental health event in Wagga Wagga on Thursday

Western Australian Police Commissioner Col Blanch has slammed Crown for not reporting Carey to police at the time he was kicked out of the casino. 

‘We’ll make an assessment from [the CCTV] but, obviously, we’re on the back foot from the beginning because we didn’t have the initial complaint at the time it occurred, which would have been my preference,’ he told Perth radio station 6PR.

‘I can’t speak directly to the decisions made at the time that occurred, but if there was any suspicion by any person that there were drugs possessed or drugs obtained or was in the possession of authorities down at Crown, I would have expected a phone call to police to manage that matter.

‘We can still speak to witnesses, we can collect CCTV footage, we can perhaps interview Wayne Carey himself if the investigation leads in that direction.

‘But again … it will be very difficult without the substance itself to prove whether it was an illicit substance or otherwise.’

Carey was spotted for the first time since news of his ban broke on Wednesday.

The former champion was seen walking along Melbourne’s St Kilda beach after dropping his child at school alongside his model partner Jessica Paulke.