Corey Worthington starts to pocket riches
THE boy behind those bug-eye yellow glasses has shocked and amused local and global audiences. It has been a whirlwind five days for notorious party pest Corey Worthington. And he is cashing in.
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THE boy behind those bug-eye yellow glasses has shocked and amused local and global audiences. It has been a whirlwind five days for notorious party pest Corey Worthington. And he is cashing in.
After his riotous gathering, which ended in a 500-strong teenage rampage through the streets of Narre Warren South on Sunday morning, he has turned his back on mother Jo and stepfather Steve Delaney.
Regardless of whether he wanted to return to the Galloway Drive house yesterday, they didn't want to see him.
Clearly, he doesn't want to face the music.
But he doesn't care.
The suburban house party, details of which were spread on website MySpace, saw police cars and neighbours' property damaged while Corey's parents holidayed in Queensland.
Dozens of police officers, a helicopter and the dog squad had to be called in to restore the peace.
Speaking to the Herald Sun, Corey said he had enjoyed the notoriety his party has achieved.
"People have been saying, 'You're a legend', 'Your mates are legends', 'Your party was mad'," Corey said.
"All the parents have been saying, 'I can't believe you went to that party', or, 'You're not getting to know that kid'.
"But for us teenagers it happens every week -- just not as big as mine."
In addition to the reported $750 the teenager received for a Fox FM radio interview yesterday, Loud Promotions agent Danny Grant, 21, confirmed a deal was struck with the Narre Warren teen on Tuesday night.
Mr Grant said he hoped the gig, to be named "Not So Narre", would go ahead on a week night next school holidays, pending underage event licensing.
He said Corey would earn one-third of the night's profit as the face of the event.
"We still have to sit down, and we're having a meeting on Sunday to decide the finer details. But 33 per cent would be fair, seeing it's all because of him," Mr Grant said.
Loud Promotions has approached numerous city nightclubs to host the event.
The publicity deluge comes as Corey told of cashing in on his notoriety and demanding free CDs and concert tickets in exchange for interviews.
He has done a deal with Zoo Weekly magazine, and party promoters say he could earn up to $10,000 working for them.
"Corey did a great job in the wrong place -- I think he'd be very successful," said Tim Sabre, director of Raw Entertainment.
"We're prepared to put him in as a party promoter -- organise an underage party and have him as host."
House of Pain Records boss Raed Melki, a confessed attention-seeker once notorious for pestering record industry figures, said Corey could pocket thousands for a night's work.
"He's got character," said the event promoter.
"Quite a few clubs would be interested in having him because he got 500 people all the way out there."