article_snippet: The ex-partner of fallen AFL premiership player Ben Cousins has been fined $300 over a drug charge.
article_snippet: Cousins, 36, who has a history of substance abuse, has made headlines several times in the past fortnight after a string of alleged incidents .
article_snippet: Not to take anything away from my footy, but there is just no comparison,' Cousins told New Idea. '
article_snippet: Cousins, 36, who has a history of substance abuse, has recently made headlines once again over a string of alleged incidents in the past fortnight.
article_snippet: Cousins played 270-games with West Coast and Richmond during Cousins career in the Australian Football League .
article_snippet: Cousins was spotted climbing onto the roof of a two-storey home in Perth on Monday .
article_snippet: Cousins entered rehab for 'substance abuse' in 2007 and was later suspended from AFL for one year for bringing the game into disrepute .
article_snippet: Cousins returned to the game with Richmond in 2009, before he retired at the end of the 2010 season.