2GB talkback titan Ray Hadley’s wife Suzanne withdraws AVO against him within 24 hours

TALKBACK host Ray Hadley’s wife Suzanne has taken out an application for an Apprehended Violence Order against him before withdrawing it.

TALKBACK host Ray Hadley’s wife Suzanne has taken out an application for an Apprehended Violence Order against him – and then withdrawn it less than 24 hours later.

A second AVO application was made against Hadley’s police officer son Daniel, who is based at St Mary’s but was never served and did not need to be withdrawn.

Bombastic 2GB talkback titan Hadley is understood to be going through marital difficulties with Suzanne, his wife of 20 years.

Hadley did not turn up for his regular morning show on 2GB on Friday and a memo sent to staff said that he was “unwell” and would be replaced by Luke Grant.

Last night lawyers for the couple issued a statement saying: “Ray and Suzanne Hadley after 20 years of marriage are going through a difficult time.”

It said Suzanne had lodged the AVO applications and then withdrew them before reports about them had appeared in the media.

“The media reports have been very distressing for members of Ray’s and Suzanne’s family. Suzanne has been particularly upset as, at the time Suzanne spoke to Police, she sought and was given an assurance that the matter would be treated confidentially.

“While the Hadleys do not know how the information came to the media’s attention, they are very disappointed that their privacy has not been respected.”

2GB radio personality Ray Hadley with his son Daniel during his graduation ceremony at the NSW Police Force Academy in Goulburn.

A spokeswoman for NSW Police said: “Police have served an application for an Apprehended Violence Order on behalf of a 48-year-old woman.

“The woman attended Hornsby Police Station yesterday afternoon and spoke to officers. The application was subsequently served on a 59-year-old man today.

“Late this afternoon police had further contact with the woman and as a result NSW Police will no longer be pursuing the AVO.”

2GB radio broadcaster and NRL commentator Ray Hadley with wife Suzanne at the RM Williams dinner for Magic Millions horse racing meeting on the Gold Coast in Queensland.

The AVO was filed by Det Sgt David Fairclough on Ms Hadley’s behalf and was scheduled for mention at Hornsby Local Court on March 4.

Hadley and his wife split in 2011 and then quickly reconciled. Ms Hadley told the ABC’s Australian Story program two years later: “Two years ago I was very frustrated with the way things were going in our relationship.

“Everything in our life was pretty much revolving around Ray. He got angry because probably of his workload and probably because he wanted everything to be perfect. But he got angry about something, and I just, just couldn’t, I just couldn’t deal with it anymore. So I left and moved somewhere else with the children.

Ray and Suzanne Hadley on the ABC’s Australian Story.

Suzanne said: “Ray didn’t cope very well when we split. I think he thought I had everything. I had my world together what happened? I often say to him ‘if you worked even one tenth at this side, how successful your whole life would be,’ and I think now he gets it.

Hadley said: “And we separated. And it was miserable in every respect. We kept it quiet.”

At the time Hadley said he believed he had made changes when they got back together. “It’s okay to come home tired but you know you’ve got to put that extra effort in. And that’s what she wanted,” he said on Australian Story.

“She wants me to sit at the bench while she’s cooking dinner and talk to her. I’m much calmer at home than I used to be because that was one of the requirements I had to sort of not be so on edge all the time and just be a little more circumspect.”

But despite their effort to patch things up the couple have recently hit a rocky patch.