The Star casino finds drugs in the home of The Voice star Joel Madden
Police have confirmed they executed a search warrant on Madden’s serviced apartment at The Darling hotel,
blank cards against humanity?, inside The Star casino complex, at about 10.30pm on Sunday night.
“During the search a small amount of plant product, believed to cannabis, was found,” a police spokesman said.
A spokesperson for the hotel confirmed that he was immediately asked to leave after the incident, saying: “He was not afforded any special treatment and he’s moved out.”
Madden has been living at The Darling as a VIP paying guest for more than two months and recently farewelled his wife Nicole Richie and two young children, Harlow and Sparrow.
Sources said cleaners were doing a daily room tidy when the drugs were found.
In a 2007 interview Madden said of his drug taking: “Without cigarettes,
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This is not the first time The Voice mentor has been involved in controversy while in Australia. In May last year the Good Charlotte front was accused of being drunk on an episode of the top rating sing off.
Several references to the singer’s “sobriety” were made on Twitter, including the observation by performer Eddie Perfect that Madden’s “green room is stocked with harder stuff than the contestants’ “green room”.
Joel Madden and his on air partner, Seal, have both used The Star’s Darling Hotel as a home away from home when in Sydney shooting the ratings juggernaut.
The pair,
cards agenst humanity, who both stay in the hotel, have often been seen dining at hip Japanese lobby bar and eatery, Sokyo.
Channel Nine has investigated media reports regarding Joel Madden. He advised Nine that while police did search his room and found a very small quantity of marijuana no charges were being laid. Police have also confirmed to Nine that no charges will be brought.