Australia’s most famous advertising star has once again been charged with a series of offences, and photos of his arrest have been released.
Former Sydney resident Mark Robert Kouteras was once one of the most recognizable faces in Australian advertising. His cliff-edge canoeing skills and action-man antics inspired a love of lemon drinks until 1986.
Soloman and his endless human-sized thirst represented all that was powerful, masculine, and good.
The ad features Kootlas with a cool mustache and demands that he “smash it quickly.”
But now the 57-year-old’s tastes have changed, and he appears to have replaced soft drinks with a darker vice: ice.tourist with a gun”.
This was as images of his arrest were published by the Cambodian press overnight, showing his sad downfall.
Just three years after being jailed on drug and gun charges in Thailand, he was indicted overnight in Cambodia along with three other suspects for drug offenses. First Australian arrested under martial law In the country. He says he has been banned from entering the country for 110 years.
Kouteras was arrested by military police at a guesthouse in the Cambodian coastal city of Sihanoukville and appeared in Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court on charges of illegally storing, transporting and trafficking drugs.
Kouteras is currently being held at Preah Sihanouk Provincial Prison and will appear in court at a later date.
His life has been on a downward spiral since he was arrested in 2014 on charges of possessing a handgun, ammunition and a small amount of crystal methamphetamine in his apartment on the resort island of Phuket. He was then imprisoned for two years.
In a Facebook post, he described his time as “six days of hell.”
In a May 25 post on his Facebook page, Kootelas told a friend: I love Chan Club! I miss you. I will put Thailand on the blacklist (sic) for 110 years (sic). ”
Earlier this year, he posted that he had started a new business called Back Pain Solutions Sihanoukville after working as a chiropractor in Australia.
He also describes himself as “living a simple and happy life in the present moment, without causing pain to anyone or anything.”
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs said it was “ready to provide consular assistance in accordance with the Consular Service Charter to Australians arrested or detained overseas.”
— Additional reporting by AAP and Candace Sutton