THE graphic circumstances surrounding Ben Cousins’ drug bust were revealed during the disgraced AFL legend’s court appearance in Perth on Wednesday.

Police alleged 13 grams of meth allegedly found on Cousins was hidden inside a plastic bag lodged in his anus. When asked to remove it, police allege Cousins instead pushed it in deeper.

Police said he had to be taken to Kelmscott Hospital to have the bag removed.

The 40-year-old was reportedly taken into police custody following a disturbance at a house in Canning Vale, Western Australia, on Tuesday night.

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Cousins faces 16 charges including aggravated burglary, aggravated stalking and possessing a prohibited drug with intent to sell or supply.

Cousins was given an opportunity to address the allegations on Wednesday — and broke down in tears as he revealed his heartache at being separated from his family.

“I am the victim in this,” Cousins said.

“To be the subject of ridicule and embarrassment, and I know I’ve brought a lot of that on myself, but I don’t act out in violence.

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“I beg you, I beg you, I’m not a threat. Every day I close my eyes when the sun goes down and I spew that it’s another day I’m not going to be with my children.

“Someone in my situation, you should use it as an example of hope, that things will work out. Not the opposite.”

Cousins has had a number of run-ins with the law since his career ended. Source: Supplied

Police allege Cousins threatened former partner Maylea Tinecheff with a screwdriver in a separate incident earlier this month. He is also alleged to have threatened to bury the mother of his two children alive.

“I’m going to kill you. Take your life, your freedom and the things you love the most,” Cousins is alleged to have said.

A restraining order in May, 2016, forbids Cousins from contacting Tinecheff or coming within 50m of his ex-girlfriend.

When jailed in March, 2017, it was revealed Cousins had tried to contact her 542 times in November last year — despite the restraining order.

Cousins also bombarded Tinecheff with more than 2000 texts and calls in January-February last year.

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Cousins was given an opportunity to address the allegations on Wednesday — and broke down in tears as he revealed his heartache at being separated from his family.

“I am the victim in this,” Cousins said.

“To be the subject of ridicule and embarrassment, and I know I’ve brought a lot of that on myself, but I don’t act out in violence.

“I beg you, I beg you, I’m not a threat. Every day I close my eyes when the sun goes down and I spew that it’s another day I’m not going to be with my children.

“Someone in my situation, you should use it as an example of hope, that things will work out. Not the opposite.”

TIMELINE OF COUSINS’ FALL FROM GRACE

Ben Cousins during his glittering playing career at West Coast. Source: Supplied

After winning almost every accolade in the game between 1996 and 2006, Cousins’ life begins to spiral out of control.

In March 2007, Cousins is suspended by West Coast for the first 15 rounds of the season and checks into a drug rehabilitation facility in the United States.

Six months later, a shirtless Cousins is arrested in Perth for alleged drug possession on the side of the road, before the charges are eventually dropped.

After serving a 12-month suspension for bringing the game into disrepute, Richmond offers Cousins a lifeline where he spends two seasons.

In 2012 is arrested in a West Australian airport with 5.65 grams of methamphetamine

In March 2015, Cousins is found at the headquarters of an SAS regiment, before being caught later that month for driving erratically and then trying to evade police.

In November 2016, Cousins is involved in a late night car crash after failing to attend a court hearing for drug possession earlier in the day.

In February 2017, Cousins is arrested for aggravated stalking, breaching his violence restraining order and drug possession.

A month later he is sentenced to 12 months behind bars for aggravated stalking and breaches of his VRO relating to his former partner.