Henry Brayshaw, the son of Channel 7 cricket broadcaster James Brayshaw, has lifted the lid on how he once found himself owing around $180,000 in gambling debts, due to a crippling addiction.
Brayshaw, who is also engaged to adult content creator Annie Knight, revealed that his addiction got so bad that he had once spent a $10,000 loan from his fiancée in the space of an hour, betting on horses.
During a confronting interview with the Soberly Speaking Podcast, the 28-year-old, who is one of four brothers, revealed that betting on horses was his ‘poison’ before opening up on how his gambling addiction began.
‘So, it started off as a boys’ culture at, you know, at our beach houses as kids going to the pub and putting on $5 quaddies…