Former Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger faces sentencing delay

Joe Anderton

July 3, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.·2 min read

Note: This article contains discussion of assault.

Former Home and Away actor Orpheus Pledger's sentencing has been delayed and he has been granted release on bail.

The actor, who played Mason Morgan on the soap from 2016 to 2019, previously pleaded guilty to committing a violent assault on a woman in March. It left her "with bruises on her head and hand, lacerations on her face and signs of strangulation", ABC News reported, and in need of hospital treatment.

Pledger had previously been arrested for drug possession in 2021, and the drug methylamphetamine was stated to have played a role in the attack.

home and away actor orpheus pledger — Getty Images

He was due to be sentenced today (July 3), but Australian outlet The Age reports that it will take six weeks to file out a pre-sentencing report due to Pledger's complex needs.

The actor's defence lawyer, Jasper MacCuspie, previously told the court that his mental health has been on the decline for years, and that he had been unable to get support due to issues with the health system.

Now, MacCuspie has stated that Pledger's mental health has stabilised to the point where the staff at a Correctional Centre found that he did not need involuntary treatment.

The lawyer requested that Pledger live at home with his father for 90 days. While the police objected, magistrate Justin Foster agreed, on the conditions that he complies with a daily curfew from 11pm to 6am and reports to the police once a week.

Mason Morgan in Home and Away — Channel 5

Foster said: "I can't have him locked up forever. I do propose to grant bail...

"There are obviously punitive and rehabilitative elements to any sentencing exercise. This is part of … that integration."

When his sentencing does take place, it has been reported that he will face up to six months in prison.

Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.45pm on Channel 5, with repeat screenings at 6pm on 5STAR and first look screenings at 6.30pm on 5STAR. Selected classic episodes are available via Prime Video in the UK.

In Australia, the show airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.

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