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2002 - In September 2002, Cousins and his teammate Daniel Kerr get into a heated and physical fight in a nightclub. The brawl ended with Cousins having a broken arm. 

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2005 - In May 2005, ruckman Michael Gardiner and Cousins were dragged into a police investigation regarding a nightclub shooting in Perth. Lawyers of both sportsmen refused to comment, which made suspicions grow further.

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2005 - The day after the allegations of their involvement, Cousins publicly apologised for his involvement in the shooting. This put the Eagles star on a thin line with Trevor Nisbett, the club's chief executive.

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2006 - In February 2006, Cousins was caught running out of his car and abandoning it on the highway after seeing a breath-testing station ahead.

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2006 - Days after the incident, Cousins stepped down as captain of the West Coast Eagles.

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2006 - On February 27, Cousins was fined $900 for abandoning his car and fleeing the breathalyser test.

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2006 - The Aussie Rules footballer was arrested for public drinking outside the Melbourne Exhibition Centre in December 2006. 

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2007 - His arrest and charge for public drinking in December 2006 was dismissed on January 9, 2007.

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2007 - Cousins reportedly sought help for his "substance abuse" on March 2007.

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2007 - Two days later, Cousins' parents revealed that their son's problems were related to "substance abuse", but refused to explain further.

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2007 - On March 23, Cousins was suspended from the club. The footballer allegedly went on a three-day binge after learning the news.

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2007 - Cousins checked into a rehabilitation centre for methamphetamine addiction in California on March 31. 

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2007 - Two months after entering rehab, the sportsman made a public statement on national TV admitting his drug addiction.

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2007 - In July 2007, his suspension was lifted and Cousins re-joined the West Coast Eagles. His return brought up conflict with the AFL because Cousins was never publicly penalised for his drug-fuelled behaviour.

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2007 - On October 1, 2007, an investigation confirmed that Cousins was at Chris Mainwaring's home only hours before he was found dead.

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2007 - Cousins was charged for the possession of diazepam tablets without prescription on October 16, 15 days after Mainwaring's death.

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2007 - On October 17, the day after being charged, Cousins is fired from the club.

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2007 -

However, on October 19 the charges were dropped. Turns out that diazepam is only illegal to possess when in liquid form, according to WA law.

Nonetheless, Cousins is suspended from West Coast Eagles for 12 months.

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2008 -

A year later, on October 1st, Cousins was rejected from returning to the club.

Despite this, the AFL re-registered Cousins on November 18, 2008.

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2008 - He joined the Richmond Tigers in 2008. Cousins was the club's final pick at the pre-season draft.

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2009 - Cousins is rushed to hospital after reacting badly to sleeping pills.

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2010 -

He publicly announces he will end his AFL career On August 17, 2010. 

A controversial documentary on the sportsman's life airs on August 28 on Channel 7.

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2011 - In September 2011, Cousins and Maylea Tinecheff welcome their first child, Bobby Ernest Cousins, to the world.

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2012 - Cousins is admitted into hospital after falling and injuring himself at a rehabilitation centre on January 9, 2012.

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2012 - On January 13, Cousins suffers a psychosis caused by drugs. He was then sent to a mental health unit under police protection.

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2012 - Cousins is charged with drug possession with intent to supply to sell. He was caught with excessive amounts of methylamphetamine. He pleads guilty.

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2015 - In the period of two weeks, Cousins had been arrested three times and checked into hospital twice.

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2015 - Later in the year, he raced police in a car chase in southern Perth. Shortly after, he was caught for reckless driving near a Sikh temple and for trespassing private property by climbing on a property roof.

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2016 -

Cousins was slapped with a restraining order that forbade him from contacting his ex-partner and seeing their children. He breached the restraining order on multiple occasions.

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2016 - He was hospitalised for driving and crashing head-first into a truck whilst being high on meth.

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2017 - Cousins was jailed in March 2017 for reportedly terrorising and stalking his former partner, and for the repetitively breaching his restraining order.

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2018 -

In January 2018, Cousins was released from prison after serving 10 months.

He then began working at the Eagles Community and Game Development department but disappeared after only three months on the job.

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2018 -

On August 21, 2018, Cousins reportedly caused a commotion at a home in Canning Vale, WA, and was taken into custody.

Cousins is currently in court facing 16 charges, which include stalking, burglary, and drug possession.

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