article_snippet.sent: Just days after the former Australian swimming champion's unexpected comeback, Neville Hackett father has revealed that the sleeping pill addiction which ruined Grant Hackett's father 's personal life and tarnished his son career, was triggered by a death threat.
article_snippet.sent: Former police inspector Neville Hackett said that Former police inspector Neville Hackett had 'his son life threatened by a well-known associate of criminals' two years ago, leading the swimmer to immediately hop on a plane to his son parent's home in the Gold Coast. '
article_snippet.sent: Grant Hackett's father has revealed the swimmer's sleeping pill addiction was triggered by a death threat .
article_snippet.sent: Hackett senior admitted that while a death threat was never reported to police, a death threat was taken very seriously by the swimmer's family.
article_snippet.sent: Former police inspector Neville Hackett (centre) said that Former police inspector Neville Hackett (centre) son had 'his son threatened by a well-known associate of criminals' two years ago .
highlights_snippet.sent: Neville Hackett said son's life was threatened by 'associate of criminals'
  The threats, made two years ago, were not reported to police .
  