Category — Altiyan Childs

In court this week Nicholas Cocuzzoli alleged that Altiyan Childs, winner of The X Factor, used ice.

The Sunday Telegraph are reporting that Cocuzzoli, who is currently before the courts on drug charges, told them that Altiyan Childs was a frequent user of the illicit drug ice.

The article states:

In court on Wednesday, Childs admitted to using cannabis, saying: “I’ve smoked it before. I had a joint once or twice in the bedroom (of the Ramsgate house),” he said.

Cocuzzoli told the court that Childs would frequently use ice and that the tour team had given up trying to convince him to stop abusing the drug.

“It was a real problem because of the mood swings … he would be wrecked before his shows,” Cocuzzoli told the court. “We tried to address it two or three times but he would go into a fit, kicking walls and screaming.

“It got to the point where it wasn’t worth it.”

Altiyan also spoke in court:

Childs told the court he went to Kogarah Police Station at the “end of March or early April” last year when he told officers he was the “victim of a corrupt crew” after falling out with his tour crew including his then-manager.

Childs told the court: “I was a victim and I wanted some advice. I wanted to talk to someone and ask them.”

The matter continues in court on April 2.

This court case is almost more interesting then The X Factor itself.

Oh Altiyan you comment when you were on The X Factor saying you don’t do drugs appears to be shown to be a lie.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Altiyan Childs has been charged with driving under the influence.

The article states:

EMBATTLED rocker Altiyan Childs has been convicted of driving under the influence of methamphetamine and cannabis, outraging fans he has long told: “My only drug is love.”

Capping off a disastrous 12 months, the eccentric X Factor winner pleaded guilty in Taree Local Court this week to having both drugs in his system while driving a car north on the Pacific Highway.

The 36-year-old reportedly admitted to police that he had smoked a “joint laced with MDMA” at a party in Bexley, in Sydney’s south, the night before he was pulled over for a roadside breath test in Coolongolook, near Forster, on November 8 last year.

Childs – real name Altijan Juric – yesterday said it was a “very rare thing” for him to be caught up with drugs but that he was trying to relax after a troubled year.

The saga that is Altiyan Childs life continues with his manager John Martinovich dumping him.

The Daily Telegraph reports Child’s manager  is no longer working for him.

The article states:

Contacted yesterday, Martinovich – who took over Altiyan Childs’ career after he fell out with previous manager Steve Gold in sensational circumstances – was cryptic about the split, saying only that he “didn’t want to comment”.

I need some time to figure stuff out,” he told Confidential. “I’m not in a position to say anything or make a comment just yet.”

But sources close to the singer say that the split ends an association that goes back several years, with Martinovich – a long-time friend of the Childs family – having once managed the singer during his pre-X Factor days.

It looks like this could be the beginning of the end of Altiyan’s career as he will soon become untouchable.

Altiyan Childs turned up at court this week and there were words between his father and his   former manager Steven Gold.

Adelaide Now reports:

Both Gold (real name Steve Yankuloff) and Childs were at Sutherland Local Court attending a hearing against Childs’ former mate Nicholas Coccuzzoli, who was charged in April after police allegedly found drugs during a raid at his home.

Gold, too, was arrested this year and charged with eight weapons offences, with that case expected to be heard next month.

“There were words exchanged between Altiyan, his father and Steven. I think (Jimmy) said something along the lines of, ‘Your day will come’ to Steven,” said a source close to Childs.

Both reps for Childs and Gold confirmed the ‘incident’ at Sutherland.

Adding to the intrigue is a rumour that Childs, who arrived at court just hours after winning his first ARIA award, at one point refused to come out of the bathrooms at the Sutherland courthouse and had attempted to tie himself to a bathroom sink.

“He had been partying at the ARIAs the night before and wasn’t in the best state,” said a source close to the 36-year-old rocker.

But Childs’ manager John Martinovich yesterday said the bathroom allegation was “99.99% untrue”.

“I don’t think that happened,” he said, adding; “There were words (with Gold). And it is fair to say the two are no longer friendly.”

Meanwhile Gold’s lawyer Stephen Alexander tells Confidential the relationship is “extremely bitter”.

Altiyan Child’s was living in the house just prior to the NSW Police raiding it. For the story on that go here.

What the article doesn’t say is why he was at the court hearing.

Don’t panic the Australia’s Next Top Model star Simone is not in a lip lock with Altiyan Childs there are just little vignettes of gossip about both from the ARIA’s.

Sydney Confidential reports that Simone Holtznagel was carrying lube, but not for any nefarious activities but because she was wearing latex and apparently she needed it for her legs.

Altiyan Child’s who was accompanied by his 19 year old girlfriend won an award for highest selling single and was also spotted drinking double rum and cokes. Good to see he is still living the rock and roll lifestyle.

Also Delta Goodrem said she is a good headspace now, new man Nick Jonas, and new role as judge on The Voice. So should be a big 2012 for her.

Finally some good news for last year’s The X Factor winner Altiyan Childs. This morning he was nominated for an Aria award in the category of Most Popular Australia Artist. It is open to the public vote so you never know he could win. Altiyan is also up for highest selling album.

The other people nominated in this category were Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy and Draupt.  Guy Sebastian also picked up four nominations for his hit single, Who’s that Girl (feat Eve). (Source: SMH)

It was unlikely Jessica Mauboy was at the nominations this morning as she flew up to Darwin to be with her father who was badly burned in an accident.

Also I heard a rumour on Twitter that Alytian Childs is back in The X Factor family and will be performing on the show next week.

I hope Guy gives him a dressing down like he did with Mitch Callaway.

The Altiyan Child’s story finally hit the main stream media today with the Sunday Telegraph covering the split from his “personal” manager Steve Gold.

I have to say I do love it when I beat the Telegraph to a yarn by two days, and hopefully the authors of that article won’t have the Altourage or the Altiyan “family” going off at them or impersonating them on Facebook. See previous blog post here, with many comments and shenanigans it elicited.

I had to laugh at the Sunday Telegraph calling the story an “exclusive” the story has been covered by the St George Leader albeit without Altiyan’s name in the article, oh and also this blog…

However props to the Sunday Telegraph it does reveal more details then I had, one being Altiyan was living in the house just prior to the raid where firearms and drugs were found.

The article states:

Childs had been living at the Ramsgate duplex with Gold and seven other people for the past six months, but moved out the day before the April 1 police raid, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.

Gold, 27, whose real name is Steven Yankuloff, faced Bankstown Local Court on Monday after being charged with eight illegal weapon offences following the raid.

Childs has not been charged. He has left his personal effects, including a television set and clothes, in his old bedroom.

Police kicked in the front door of the property at 7.15am and seized two rifles, a taser gun, knuckledusters, a semi-automatic pellet gun, a police fact sheet tendered to the court stated.

They also confiscated 500g of cannabis and allegedly found “a large amount of chemical equipment” in a backyard shed that was used to manufacture “large quantities of prohibited drugs”, the fact sheet stated.

No charges have been laid in relation to the drugs, but the court heard police may lay further charges against Gold following forensic testing.

The relationship between Gold and Childs, whose real name is Altiyan Juric, soured recently when a fight allegedly broke out over money.

Lucky for The X Factor winner that he had moved just before the raid, which makes me wonder who tipped off the police regarding the illegal objects in the house.

Altiyan Child’s has been on the record previously that he does not do drugs .

He said at the time to the TV WEEK:

“I’m glad someone has finally asked me about drugs because I’ve been accused of taking them ever since I hit the stage,” he says. “I am the cleanest rocker I know. I have never been on stage under any influence and I am very clean and straight in my private life, too. I don’t do drugs – I didn’t even have my first drink until I was 19. I’m anti-drugs; I’m anti- anything that is addictive and brings you down.”

That said, Altiyan 35, admits he finds the constant chatter that he is on drugs “flattering”.

“Most people take drugs to lose their inhibitions, whereas I don’t need them to do that,” he explains. “I have something naturally that most people look for in drugs and I am so grateful that God gave me this electrifying feeling when songs come on and make me comfortable in myself.

During his time on The X Factor winner who is 35 also revealed he had been celibate for seven years, but this may have changed if advertisments for tomorrow show of Today Tonight are anything to go by, where he reveals he has a 19 year old girlfriend.

He appears to be now embracing the rock and roll lifestyle including the trashing of a hotel room in Tasmania.

Hopefully Today Tonight will have also asked him about the Steve Gold aka Yankuloff situation.

UPDATE:

Thanks to Joan – she braved the Altiyan fan page and found this written by Altiyan’s father (unless it was someone masquerading as him):

Well, my beautiful people, here we go again, just to tell you this,It is not Altiyan home,he was there for 3 months he wend from that home in complete normal way with my daughter pick him up, there was not his stuff left there except what did not can fit in her car.I send police to that morons house,I, Jadran, this Reporter moron with… name Moran only try desperately to implicate my son by putting his name on top of this story, as , who ever read this story this morning can see that this man Moran put Title Up site down to make story bigger, beacose without my Son name there is not story. there we go,this is the truth and just watch, what this people try to bring my son down, as you can see, it has nothing with my son expect he live there 3 months, I send police there,now, you can see integrity of news paper with name under. Yukky,yukky.

The police must have acted on information supplied by the father about illegal substances/objects in the house. Which could mean Altiyan must have known they were there. Last time I looked NSW Police did not activate search warrants because someone is an arsehole.

Well in Altiyan Child’s mind he thinks he is a rock star, and you don’t get more rock star then trashing a hotel room.

Earlier this week it was reported The X Factor winner Altiyan Childs was bashed by four men in Hobart.

Well apparently there is more to the story then that.

The Sunday Telegraph reports he may have been the one to start the fight, and then he and his mates trashed a hotel room and caused $15,000 damage.

The article which is filled with Altiyanspeak says:

X-Factor winner Altiyan Childs says he has hit rock bottom after racking up a $15,000 bill for trashing a hotel room during an all-night party.

The Sunday Telegraph can reveal Childs tried to cover up the incident this week, claiming he was the victim of “haters” who attacked him at a Hobart pub, while on tour.

However, onlookers claim Childs, 35, was the instigator of the pub fight, which started over a woman.

David Kaine, night supervisor at Hobart’s Welcome Stranger Hotel, said Childs arrived at his pub after midnight last Saturday and tried to hit on another man’s girlfriend.

But Childs claims he was simply trying to be friendly, saying: “My love for people will always get me into trouble.

“It’s got me into trouble this weekend, when I reach out and touch someone, it is me breaking down the boundaries.”

After the fight, Childs took friends he calls his “Altourage” to his presidential suite at Hobart’s Sullivan Cove Apartments.

A source claimed the group “absolutely destroyed antique dining tables, spilt red wine all over the place, smoked inside, shattered glass and left some pretty sick presents in the bedrooms”.

Yesterday, Childs said he had apologised to the hotel and would pay the clean up bill of between $12,000 to $15,000.

In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph, he tearily admitted he has struggled with life in the spotlight, post X-Factor.

“Last week was rock bottom for sure. I am going to stay down in this hole in an emotional sense and just analyse things,” he said.

“Crucifixion doesn’t come long after praise. I certainly didn’t expect it to come this quick but of course it has been an awakening week.”

“All I can say is, it (the room) still looked pretty good to me when I went downstairs. It wasn’t particularly dirty, it wasn’t infested with anything remotely awful. Anyway, i t is what it is. I have passed on my apologies. If you tell me there is a $12,000 to a $15,000 bill, then obviously there is a $12,000 to $15,000 bill.”

Formerly a forklift operator, Childs’ self-titled debut album sold more than 140,000 copies.

His current national tour has seen many of his shows sold out, including last weekend’s at Hobart’s Derwent Entertainment Centre.

Childs travels with an entourage, including personal “bodyguard” Steve Chenko, and close friend Stephen Gold, neither of whom is paid for their duties. Both were in Hobart with Childs.

Well Altiyan just made himself a contender for douche of the year.

“I have a personal bodyguard because this guy is a big fan, he doesn’t cost me anything, and he does it out of his good will,” Childs explained.

“I’ve found that I need him every now and then, just to pacify things that were going in a bad direction.”

Altiyan Childs the X Factor winner is being quite zen about the fact that over the last weekend he was bashed by four guys.

The Daily Telegraph reports:

THE eccentric X Factor winner Altiyan Childs was kicked to the ground and bashed by a group of drunken “haters” following a sold-out concert at the weekend. tasmainia

The cave-dwelling rocker was left injured and “shaken” by the unprovoked attack in the Hobart suburb of Glenorchy in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The assault occurred after a show at the Derwent Entertainment Centre, where the singer stayed signing autographs and posing for photos with fans until about midnight.

“We were at a quietish pub where a group of guys inside were calling me a ‘dirty faggot’ and a ‘wanker’ and stuff like that,” Childs said yesterday.

“After a little while it got the better of me and we decided to leave. We were followed out by four big Tassie blokes and, yeah, I was attacked.

However he said he is not going to hold it against the Apple Isle.

He is clearly happy that his album has gone double platinum and his concert tour has sold out.

Channel 7 are yet to announce is they will be going ahead with a second series of The X Factor.