Lauryn Eagle (born 11 December 1987) is an Australian professional boxer and water skiing champion. She was on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia and is a former Miss Teen International 2004.
Australian professional boxer and swimsuit model Lauryn Eagle has allegedly been caught driving under the influence of drugs in south Sydney.
Ms Eagle allegedly returned a positive result for methamphetamine at a random drug test in Peakhurst, the Daily Telegraph reported.
She was stopped in a black Audi Q5 about 10am on Wednesday and was arrested.
Professional boxer Lauryn Eagle has allegedly tested positive in a random drug test after she was pulled over in Sydney's south.
The 29-year-old, who won the Australian super-featherweight title last year, was at the wheel of a black Audi Q5 when she was stopped for a random breath test on Henry Lawson Drive in Peakhurst at 10am on Wednesday, a NSW police spokeswoman said.
The professional boxer and swimsuit model allegedly returned a positive result for methamphetamine during a random drug test in Peakhurst on Wednesday morning, according to The Daily Telegraph
The 29-year-old appeared visibly distressed during her segment on Channel Nine’s breakfast program, explaining that she’d hadn’t slept during her flight from Sydney to Los Angeles, and had been contacted about the story right before takeoff.
The 29-year-old was taken to Kogarah Police Station for further testing and was prohibited from driving for 24 hours, police told AAP.
Her lawyer Adam Houda denied suggestions his client had taken illicit drugs.
He blamed any potential positive reading on prescription drugs.
After Eagle tested negative for alcohol she was given a random drug test, which allegedly returned a positive reading.
At this point, she was arrested and taken to Kogarah police station for a second test.
"This is all standard protocol," the police spokeswoman said. "Now that test will be sent for analysis."
However, Eagle said the alleged positive reading is due to a prescription drug she takes for ADHD.
"It's narcolepsy [medication], modafinil ... for the ADHD which my doctors prescribed me," Eagle told Channel Nine.
“I have been diagnosed for a couple of years now with narcolepsy, depression, and also ADHD,” she said, claiming that the two medications she’d been prescribed had been the cause of the positive drug result.
“I relayed all the information over to them [the police] about my doctor ... I let the police know and they have got all the information. I went back to the station and did another test which needs to be sent to the analytical laboratory.”
The former reality TV star added that the situation was “heartbreaking”.“Just the allegations of my name being on illicit drugs, like you can imagine in the industry I’m in, like it is heartbreaking.”
After Jeffreys clarified that she denied she’d been on any illict drugs, Eagle launched into a rant about the “severe” media coverage, even suggesting that a reporter had unjustly obtained information about the arrest.
Jeffreys quickly shut her down, telling her: “We have to be very careful with how we speak about how this was handled, with respect to police.”
Eagle's lawyer, Adam Houda, told Fairfax Media multiple doctors had confirmed that the drug, which is usually prescribed for narcolepsy, could cause a positive reading in a drug test.
"There's an innocent explanation for any positive reading that might come up, and it's been confirmed by two doctors that the prescription drug [Eagle is taking] would bring up a positive," Mr Houda said.
"She's very upset by this smear campaign. I've known Lauryn a long time; she's a high achiever and a great role model for young women."
Eagle, who is also a former water-skiing world champion, was issued with a prohibition for driving for 24 hours before being released.
She has not been charged while police wait for the results of the second test, which the spokeswoman said could "take some weeks".
Eagle also said she was devastated by the reporting: “The way the journalists can twist and smear, when their job is to report objectively, you are playing with someone’s soul ... I didn’t choose, sort of, for it to come out in the media. it is just severe to me. You are playing with someone’s life — it chips away at you little by little.”
The penalty for driving under the influence of illegal or prescription drugs in NSW includes fines of up to $2200, a 12-month licence disqualification and a prison term of up to nine months. Penalties increase after the first offence.
Eagle appeared in court in 2010 for driving after her licence had been suspended and giving police a false name, but had her conviction quashed for a 12-month good behaviour bond.
'She hasn't taken any illicit drugs,' he told The Daily Telegraph.
'Such a suggestion would not only be wrong, but also cruel and unfair.'
The maximum penalty for a first offence of driving under the influence is a $3300 fine and three months in jail.
In 2016 Eagle won the Australian super-featherweight boxing title.
She was arrested in 2013 for refusing to leave Northies Cronulla Hotel and was given an infringement notice.
Eagle was also convicted for property damage in 2014 and ordered to stay away from her mother and sister after an incident at her mother's Peakhurst home.
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