I hereby tender this apology to Todd McKenney.

When the story broke that Todd McKenney had been found in a Kings Cross park, semi-conscious, and if I recall rightly, bashing his head against a fence, I responded erroneously, jumping on the bandwagon of public mockery and, I believe, inferring that I did not believe his story that his drink had been spiked "because of Tall Poppy Syndrome".

Now, however, that newspaper of great repute, the Sydney Morning Herald, has published his side of the story, I can only stand ashamed, as the full facts are coming to light:

"Later in his record of interview McKenney told police he had been to a party at an apartment in Macleay Street, Potts Point, on Anzac Day eve and had danced so much that he began to overheat and had taken his pants off to continue dancing.

McKenney, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge and has been on police bail, allegedly told arresting officers that it was while his pants were down that someone at the party must have put the drug into his pocket." [full story]

Let s/he who has not removed their pants so that they can keep dancing cast the first stone.