The hearing was adjourned part-heard until Friday 11 June. Accordingly the court proceedings have not concluded.
Essendon today announced its sanctions for the 19-year-old as a result of the incident.
As previously announced, Michael:
• Will not be selected for any games in the NAB Cup or NAB Challenge series.
In addition to this, Michael:
• Will not be selected for the first three rounds of the 2010 AFL season.
• Will complete an alcohol counselling course.
• Will be involved in no less than 20 hours additional AFL community programming during the course of the 2010 season.
General manager of football operations, Paul Hamilton, made a brief comment outside of court which can be viewed for free by clicking here.
The club will not be making any further comment on the matter.
