Graphic new details emerge about socialite's desperate attempt to save former Deal or No Deal host Andrew O'Keefe's life after heroin overdose
Elisha Dalah performed CPR to save the former Deal or No Deal host after earlier feeding him the heroin which led to the life-threatening overdose at O'Keefe's Vaucluse home in Sydney's eastern suburbs on September 14 last year.
Dalah, famous for the being the daughter of ex-Elizabeth Bay Marina co-owner Michael Dalah, fronted Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to supplying heroin.
The 38-year-old gave O'Keefe Narcan, a drug which counteracts the effects of heroin, and performed CPR before the fallen former Channel Seven star was rushed to St Vincent's Hospital.
The court heard O'Keefe, 53, was released from hospital after being told he was 'lucky to be alive'.
Dalah, whose Fishbowl founder brother Nathan is married to Victoria Secret model Georgia Fowler, admitted to police that she and O'Keefe had consumed cocaine and heroin earlier that day, according to the court documents.
The pair also organised to buy heroin after being harassed by paparazzi.
'This is my fault,' Dalah told police.
Magistrate Rosheehan O'Meagher said the court needed to send a message to the community regarding the 'seriousness of the offence'.
'The maximum penalty for this offence in the district court is 15 years in prison, in the local court it is capped at two years,' she said.
'That shows you how serious an offence this is and it is treated as so because of the serious consequences of drug supply in terms of serious health implications, which I am sure you are aware of.'
Dalah was convicted after spending almost five months in custody while awaiting sentencing.
The court heard Dalah has been undertaking a rehabilitation program which she continues to attend 'for as long as possible'.
'You've learnt some things, but looking at your record, we need you to get the message that if you keep offending you will end up in jail, and I don't think that's a life you want for yourself,' Magistrate O'Meagher said.
In 2023, Dalah was handed a 20-month intensive correction order and 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to thieving luxury face creams and designer clothing from a Westfield shopping centre in July 2022.
Dalah was also fined $500 for entering Westfield Bondi Junction while banned.
O'Keefe has waged a public battle against drug addiction and been in and out of rehabilitation centres for the past few years.
O'Keefe faced Waverley Local Court in February to plead guilty to driving with meth in his system but escaped with a $440 fine.
The former game show host tested positive to meth while driving his Mercedes C200 in Sydney's eastern suburbs on July 28 last year.
He was pulled over for random testing on Cranbrook Road in Rose Bay about 11.30am that day and recorded a positive result but was not charged until late November.
The court heard O'Keefe had been the subject of a conditional release order for a previous drug-driving offence when he tested positive again.
O'Keefe was convicted and fined $440 for drug-driving and disqualified from getting behind the wheel for six months.
Shortly before O'Keefe was pulled over on July 28, he had confronted a man at a Point Piper property he was banned from attending.
Following inquiries, O'Keefe was charged with contravening an apprehended violence order and stalk/intimidate with intent to cause for fear.
He was released on bail after appearing in Waverley Local Court but was arrested again at Rose Bay police station in September when police found meth in his car during a search.
O'Keefe was thrown in the back of the divvy van while TV cameras were on hand then acted like a rabid dog.
O'Keefe pleaded guilty in October to trespassing, breaching an an apprehended violence order and meth possession.
He was fined $1500 and handed a 30-month community corrections order which required him to attend rehab.
At the same time, he was fined $2,000 for driving with an illicit drug in his system at Darlinghurst in April and disqualified from getting behind the wheel for three months.
O'Keefe was found guilty in January last year of domestic violence and drug offences after a 'degrading' attack on a woman who cannot be identified.
The drug conviction was later quashed but O'Keefe lost an appeal against the assault convictions in August.
In December 2023 he escaped conviction after pleading guilty in Downing Centre Local Court to driving through Point Piper with drugs in his system earlier that year.
O'Keefe had been pulled over while in charge of his Mercedes C200 sedan in January and returned a positive test to meth and was handed a 12-month community release order.
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