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Peter Hayes, prominent Melbourne QC found naked and unconscious in an Adelaide hotel room, died four days later of a likely drug overdose.
Mystery surrounds prominent QC's death

Mr Hayes, 54, who had been entertaining two female escorts, was found naked and unconscious by his ex-bikie client Tony Sobey last Friday.
The lawyer was in Adelaide to represent Mr Sobey in a Federal Court case over a failed investment scheme.

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Yesterday the Sydney Morning Herald story linked to the following Google Search result included a reference to a circa 2002 accusation of Hayes as being an "inveterate cocaine user".
The story said the bar association threw out the claim as "vexatious" and said that the solicitor was attempting to bring the profession into disrepute.
The story has scrubbed any mention of that episode.

Mystery surrounds prominent QC's death - National - smh.com.au
A spokeswoman for the Royal Adelaide Hospital would confirm only that Mr ... A solicitor once accused Mr Hayes of being an "inveterate cocaine user" but the ...
www.smh.com.au/news/national/mystery-surrounds-prominent-qcs-death/2007/05/22/1179601399958.html - 22 May 2007