{"id":174482,"date":"2021-05-24T10:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kenny-alexander-lands-in-court-after-drunken-joyride-in-delivery-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T19:16:10","slug":"kenny-alexander-lands-in-court-after-drunken-joyride-in-delivery-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kenny-alexander-lands-in-court-after-drunken-joyride-in-delivery-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Entain Boss Lands in Court After Drunken Joyride in Pizza Delivery Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Entain CEO Kenny Alexander apologized to a judge in Perth, Scotland on Friday for drunkenly \u201cborrowing\u201d a fast-food delivery vehicle 12 months ago.<\/p>\n

\"Kenny
Multi-millionaire Kenny Alexander (inset, on his way to court) is not above slumming it with the rest of us at the Marmaris in Perth. (Image: Daily Record\/Casino.org<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ex-online gambling supremo blamed a \u201cmoment of madness\u201d for taking the car from outside a Marmaris Kebab and Pizza House in Perth after an evening of heavy drinking.<\/p>\n

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Alexander, 52, admitted taking the car without the owner\u2019s consent. He also pleaded guilty to one count of driving while over the legal alcohol limit and one count of driving without insurance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alexander quit Entain, then known as GVC Holdings, unexpectedly last July after what he called a \u201creflective lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his 13-year tenure, he transformed the company from a bit-part player into one of the biggest gambling companies in the world, listed on the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander engineered a number of audacious high-profile takeovers, including the $1.72 billion acquisition of bwin.party in 2015, and 2018\u2019s acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral in a deal worth over $5 billion<\/p>\n

‘Can\u2019t Explain’<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The court heard that in May 2020, Alexander had been drinking with a friend. At around 10 pm, after ordering food and fruitlessly trying to find a taxi, he spotted the keys had been left in the delivery vehicle.<\/p>\n

The owner of the car, a red Honda hatchback, was picking up a delivery and described hearing the wheels spin as the car sped off.<\/p>\n

He has been mortified by what has happened. He has previously been of good character, but he doesn\u2019t deny any of the offenses,\u201d <\/strong>his lawyer said. \u201cWhen the delivery driver [first] arrived, he spoke with him about the prospect of getting a lift home. In truth, the driver is probably not allowed to do that.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“This was when his moment of madness occurred. He jumped in the car and ended up one street away, having effectively driven once around the block. He can\u2019t explain what went through his mind. When the delivery driver approached him, he apologized and offered to pay for any inconvenience he had caused.”<\/p>\n

Fleeing the Scene<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When Alexander heard the police had been called, he fled the scene of the crime. He was later found waiting for the police outside his $1 million house in an affluent part of town.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s me you\u2019re looking for,” he told them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou appear before the court as a man of relatively mature years, and someone with a hitherto impeccable character,\u201d observed the judge, Sheriff Pino Di Emidio.<\/p>\n

Alexander was fined \u00a31,000 and banned from driving for a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Entain CEO Kenny Alexander apologized to a judge in Perth, Scotland on Friday for drunkenly \u201cborrowing\u201d a fast-food delivery vehicle 12 months ago. The ex-online gambling supremo blamed a \u201cmoment of madness\u201d for taking the car from outside a Marmaris Kebab and Pizza House in Perth after an evening of heavy drinking. 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