Emmanuel-Thomas’ football career is finished, says barristerpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time
Rose says Emmanuel-Thomas’ lengthy football career helped him to “turn his back on and disassociate from negative influences and temptation”.
But he explains Emmanuel-Thomas entered the world of drugs during “significant financial hard times” when he did not have a football contract.
He adds that the father of two did not realise “the enormity of what he was entering into”.
Referencing the footballer’s arrest, he says: “When he had that knock on the door and realised it was the police and he was going to be arrested, he realised his whole world was falling in – his career as a footballer was over.
“His football career is finished. That is something he has brought entirely on himself, but it is a devastating blow for somebody who had such promise.”
