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Paul Holmes' adopted daughter will contest drugs charges against her as they stand at the moment, her lawyer says.
Millie Elder, 19, the daughter of former television presenter Hinemoa Elder and the adopted daughter of Holmes, appeared in Auckland District Court to face charges relating to drugs and
receiving goods.
Her lawyer Barry Hart said outside court that the charges had not been admitted as they stood.
"You can take it from me that we are defending them as I stand here now," Mr Hart said.
"I believe there'll be a positive outcome and a situation where everyone will be comfortable with the result."
Holmes, who attended Elder's court appearance, was close to tears when he spoke to reporters outside court.
He said he was devastated she was facing charges and that Elder was not well.
"If Millie has broken the law she must pay the consequence," he said outside court.
"Millie is sick and she has a big hill to climb. I'm sure every parent with teenagers knows what we're going through."
Holmes said Elder was a girl with a good heart and thanked people who had expressed support for her since her arrest.
"We love Millie very much and the whole family is working together to offer her our support."
The nine charges include possession of methamphetamine -- also known as P -- possession of a "P" pipe, possession of a cannabis bong, possession of a cannabis plant and allowing her Pollen Street flat to be used for the possession of methamphetamine.
Elder was also charged with receiving a plasma television valued at $18,500 and clothing from Auckland department store Smith and Caughey's, valued at $15,000.
The charges connected to methamphetamine were alleged to have happened yesterday, while the other charges allegedly occurred between May 4 and June 3.
Wearing a grey sweatshirt, Elder kept her head down and arms either crossed or inside the sweatshirt pockets during much of her brief appearance. She was remanded on bail and will reappear in Auckland District Court on July 9.
Judge Avinash Deobhakta denied requests to photograph or film Elder in court, saying the only interest in her court appearance was due to her parents.
"You are 19 years of age, you have no previous convictions and apart from one particular charge of receiving certain goods of some value, the others are charges that come before the court almost every day," Judge Deobhakta said.
"I do not know why there is interest in your appearance in this court apart from the fact that there may have been some connection with someone else in the community, but that's not going to be good reason for me to allow photographing or filming you in court."
The judge also suppressed details of her bail and any viewing of the police file against her.
Mr Hart also said he would have sought name suppression and was angered it had been made public prior to today's appearance.
"To my way of thinking that's just offends all aspect of fair play, breaches of bill of rights and justice," he said outside court.
"At the end of the day it means that people cannot effectively get name suppression because the press have jumped the gun and I'm pretty unhappy about that."
Elder, of suburban Grey Lynn, was arrested yesterday and was held in the Auckland city police cells overnight.
- NZPA
