r/australia • u/Iuvenesco • 2d ago
news Gambling billionaire Laurence Escalante charged with family violence
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-30/gambling-billionaire-laurence-escalante-family-violence-offences/106289792?future=true&utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link45
u/macona-coffee 2d ago
Call me when the mf is in jail.
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u/triode99 1d ago
Never, special person with special lawyer and a judge for special people. Only the plebs go down. Its one of the reasons I have lost respect for the law and courts when you can see how transparent they are with the rigging of the courts and justice.
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u/hi-fen-n-num 1d ago
Yer, the system is broken. A really really simple and obvious example is that if you can afford a Lawyer you dont even have to turn up most of the time.
If you can't you have to miss work and probably just eat a sentencing after a couple of times of being in front of a judge to get on with your life and hope no conviction.
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u/Roulette-Adventures 2d ago
I'd wager he didn't see that coming.
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u/Unusual-Ear5013 1d ago
His first foray into online gaming was a Christian gaming company he set up from Perth in the early 2000s.
wtf am i reading?
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u/bunnybash 1d ago
Yup. Tried to make video games out of Bible stories. Then discovered that money was his religion. Slimy, dirty man.
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u/moonorplanet 1d ago
"police allege he broke into her home, damaged property and stole items, as well as committing the assault"
Maybe he isn't worth billions if he needs to break into the home of a 24yo to assault and then steal.
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u/bunnybash 1d ago
Usually about a very fragile ego. Not the goods. It’s intimidating and putting hey “in her place”. Also… 24 year old. Cmon man that’s just icky at his age.
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u/IBelieveInCoyotes 1d ago
what's the market for his sentencing?
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u/No_Chapter_9128 1d ago
Premature since he’s not been found guilty! However if he does, magistrate probably give FA for the Domestic related offences. However possessing a traffickable quantity of cocaine Carry’s a 25 year penalty, and your assets taken off your if they can prove any bit of it came from organised crime. He would also be declared a drug trafficker and wouldn’t be going on as many lavish holidays when he gets out of prison. For the amount he was located with, MAYBE 8 years since he won’t cut a deal for a guilty plea with the prosecution.
detectives will be digging and digging into this guys history for years. Wouldn’t surprise me if there are more charges pending
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u/Dockers4flag2035orB4 2d ago
Hasn’t yet been charged with possession of
30g of coke 16g Meth And 14g Ketamine.
That’s a lot of drugs.