http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25589659-10229,00.htmlMissing Jodi Gordon found in suspected bikie's home
By Kara Lawrence and David Barrett
The Daily Telegraph
June 05, 2009 12:01am
HOME And Away starlet Jodi Gordon was found cowering in the bedroom of a suspected bikie's home after reports armed gunmen were trying to break in.
The bizarre episode came days after she was reported missing and ended with police rushing to the unit in Sydney's Bellevue Hill. The Logie winner was interviewed but not charged over the incident after she was found cowering in the unit's bedroom, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Gordon, 24, who is in a high-profile relationship with Channel 7 heir Ryan Stokes, had been reported missing from the Kings Cross area days before the incident.
Police were called to an apartment in Birriga Rd, Bellevue Hill, about 5.30pm on Wednesday after the unit's resident reported that five men - at least two of them with guns - were in his back yard and trying to scale his balcony. The report sparked a massive police response in the wake of recent Sydney bikie violence. Armed police responded in force, wearing bullet-proof vests, cordoning off the area while a search was launched.
Gordon and the male resident, 29, were found hiding in a bedroom. She told police she had seen the gunmen on CCTV on the cameras that surround the unit. However, when police viewed the footage they found no sign that the incident had occurred. They could only see the male resident in the backyard and no one else.
The man declined to be interviewed but Gordon agreed to accompany police officers to Paddington police station, where she allegedly disclosed that cocaine had been consumed that day. When confronted with CCTV proof that nothing had occurred, the man allegedly conceded he could have been hallucinating and said he had also consumed the sleeping tablet Stilnox.The search was called off more than an hour after it started. It is believed the pair would not be charged with public mischief.
Detective Inspector John Maricic said he could only confirm that police had dismissed the possibility the incident had occurred. "Police responded to reports of an incident. Subsequent inquiries revealed no such incident took place," he said.
Gordon, who lives with Mr Stokes in a harbourfront development at Dawes Point, could not be reached for comment yesterday. Gordon's father Ray Gordon last night told The Daily Telegraph he received a call from Kings Cross police on Wednesday to say that Ryan Stokes had reported her missing after a night out with friends. He said he and his wife Bronwyn rushed to the city to search for her. On the way, they received a call from Rose Bay police telling them she had been found.
"She didn't say much to me, she just said she couldn't say anything more because of what was going on with the police," he said. Mr Gordon said he knew nothing about any suggestion of drug use or Jodi's involvement with a motorcycle gang. "I can't believe that she would ever get into drugs. I know my girl, she's travelled the world since she was 13 years old," he said. "We've talked about this, about drugs, and I just know she's never been into them." He said Jodi moved out of the family home at Castle Hill a couple of years ago to move in with Mr Stokes.
Seven programming director Tim Worner said the network spoke to Gordon yesterday afternoon. "At this point, our main concern is for her safety and health and she is resting with family. We will make sure that Jodi gets whatever support and understanding she needs at this time," he said.
