The Age is reporting that a Melbourne player is under investigation for sexual assault in September in another country.....

Should have had  5 month boot camp

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/melbourne-demons/melbourne-player-investigated-for-alleged-sexual-assault-20171221-h08npw.html

The story seems to have been pulled by The Age for some reason - maybe legals.

Crux of the article was that an un-named player was under investigation for a sexual assault whilst overseas in September. Complaint made by a woman upon her return to Melbourne on October 2nd.

AFL were notified and police involved but woman has not as yet lodged formal complaint.

Edited December 21, 20178 yr by bazza226
Link no longer working and story pulled by Age

404’d already

3 minutes ago, bazza226 said:

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/melbourne-demons/melbourne-player-investigated-for-alleged-sexual-assault-20171221-h08npw.html

404 error.

Brisbane times link also 404'd.

Ruh Roh.

I hear this is a very big name and it has been hushed up for some time.

The plot thickens! The Age has removed the article and tweets have been deleted......!

Article suggested that Melbourne FC was aware and had notified AFL.

I notice the article has been pulled from the Age online, breaking news one minute, then gone before I could open it. 

Edited December 21, 20178 yr by Earl Hood

Search result on the now missing url gives the following preview.

Checked all the other Fairfax sites but all 404.

I'd say it's MFC, not a "Melbourne Team" since the result actually has an MFC logo in the thumbail (not shown below)

Melbourne player investigated for alleged sexual assault

The Age-25 minutes ago

In a statement, the Victoria Police said the complainant had not so far made a formal statement. The complainant was also advised that the investigation would need to be directed by police in the country where the offence is alleged to have occurred. The accused player has not been named but Melbourne ...

try this one = still up http://www.cetusnews.com/sports/Melbourne-player-investigated-for-alleged-sexual-assault.SkQSFA2dzf.html

Probably a crock of [censored]... in this day and age

Herald Sun:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/police-probe-afl-player-over-alleged-sexual-assault/news-story/eb922b5f21bb52e905cdce68535aefed

 

EDIT:

Bali in September. Don't know who went on that trip

Edited December 21, 20178 yr by Choke

3 minutes ago, Choke said:

I assume twitter or insta will have a photo on there of whoever went on the trip.

Won't be long until someone works out a shortlist.

There's a couple of photos of the four listed on Maxy's Insta.

Just now, Clintosaurus said:

There's a couple of photos of the four listed on Maxy's Insta.

Well there we go.

That's a pretty short [censored] list.

[censored].

not good eh

peter ryan's story back online now

given no formal complaint has been made in nearly 3 months and it is outside the legal jurisdiction of australia, it is hard to see this going anywhere except all over the social media.

given this was reported in october i wonder why the news is being leaked now

still, i do hope the accusation is not true 

Why or why do I read Demonland etc in the off-season?  When you think about it, you'll only find bad news since nothing good can happen beyond x is back in full training and the usual training the house down statements.

Supposedly reported to Victoria Police on October 2.  Happened in September (obviously).

Not great, but not the biggest news I've heard. 

Just now, sue said:

Why or why do I read Demonland etc in the off-season?  When you think about it, you'll only find bad news since nothing good can happen beyond x is back in full training and the usual training the house down statements.

We found out today that Jack Viney can benchpress 155 kg which was pretty cool.

It was a good day.

Until now.

1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

given no formal complaint has been made in nearly 3 months and it is outside the legal jurisdiction of australia, it is hard to see this going anywhere except all over the social media.

given this was reported in october i wonder why the news is being leaked now

still, i do hope the accusation is not true 

Agreed dc, however, if there is any substance to it, it is a major major [censored] up and a PR disaster.

1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

given no formal complaint has been made in nearly 3 months and it is outside the legal jurisdiction of australia, it is hard to see this going anywhere except all over the social media.

given this was reported in october i wonder why the news is being leaked now

still, i do hope the accusation is not true 

Obviously hoping not true, but how would it work if charges were laid? Court over there and whatever follows? 

Let's just hope the person making the allegations is ok. Can't imagine the pain or trauma someone goes through when something like this occurs. Whether guilty or innocent, they felt the need to come forward. Hope the club and Afl ensure her wellbeing is the number 1 priority.

everyhing else is second

1 minute ago, demon-4-life said:

Let's just hope the person making the allegations is ok. Can't imagine the pain or trauma someone goes through when something like this occurs. Whether guilty or innocent, they felt the need to come forward. Hope the club and Afl ensure her wellbeing is the number 1 priority.

everyhing else is second

This.

Please no naming of "potential" players until confirmed in the media. All posts with unsubstantiated potential player names will be deleted.