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There Is No Annoying Voiceover From Evan As Samuel Johnson Has His Day In Court
3:44PM Clem Bastow | Samuel Johnson, formerly of Secret Life Of Us, After The Deluge and every single bloody Hungry Jacks ad in the early 2000s, and more recently travel show presenter, managed a 12-month good behaviour bond after pleading guilty to assault.
The assault itself had been the cap on a very difficult year for Johnson, whose partner took her own life, leaving him – understandably – depressed and hitting the bottle, so we’re pleased to see him get a break.
Needless to say, victim Ben Benson probably doesn’t share all our good feelings, but at least he got a heartfelt apology from the former voice of Channel Ten.
The former Secret Life of Us star escaped an assault conviction over the attack, in which he punched the victim and stomped on his head.
The 29-year-old pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm but was given a 12-month good behaviour bond and had no conviction recorded.
Magistrate Brian Maloney described the attack as an “aberration”.
Afterwards, Johnson apologised to victim Ben Benson, saying: “I behaved like a goose and I’ve been remorseful since the moment it happened.”
You know, we were exceedingly fond of Samuel when he was all over our screens like a rash. Surely it’s time for someone to write him a comeback vehicle. Anyone?
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Samuel Johnson Is Making A Comeback!
1:32PM Jess McGuire | Good news for Secret Life Of Us fans (and, more importantly, those like Defamer Australia who were right into the incessant ads on Channel Ten for the extremely moving telemovie After The Deluge) – after a thoroughly awful couple of years, Samuel Johnson will be returning to our screens!
The Secret Life of Us star has landed a plum job hosting a new Lonely Planet travel series called Bluelist Australia, which starts on SBS next week.
Johnson quit his job on Nova FM in Melbourne after his girlfriend Lainie Woodlands committed suicide early last year and has not been seen on the small screen since.
The AFI-award winner was “devastated” by the loss, which was followed by a bitter seven-month legal battle between her mother and father over possession of the 20-year-old’s body.
She was eventually laid to rest while the case ended in the High Court in August.
The new project has been a blessing for Johnson, with producer Tony Jackson telling Confidential the Crackerjack star had thrown himself into the job, embracing such tasks as travelling across the country on the Ghan and whitewater rafting at Penrith.
“He was totally stoked,” he said. “He’s completely goofy and he brought that to the screen.
We once saw Samuel Johnson playing pool with the drunken locals in a Daylesford pub and he seemed very nice, so we welcome the return of his “goofy” face to the screen. More » 