@@@@ to hit the fan tomorrow

[DST]

Originally posted by Dudley
The 3rd player (and a high profile one at that) involved in this incident remains on the Swans list today

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/r...199372348.html

You could say very very high profile player.

DST

[DST]

Originally posted by Reggi
I mentioned this on the board a week or so ago - in the thread where Bron had been on the radio - I did say we should be circumspect about this issue.

A couple of points

He was a 'former Sydney player'

He is no longer in the competition following this incident

Reggi,

Sorry to disagree with you but he is a current Swans player and a very high profile one at that.

As I said before in the thread, I was in the same club as the three players (and a number of other players that night) on the night of the alleged incident.

He was there and is definately still on our list.

DST

[Reggi]

Payout on footy sex
Russell Robinson
19mar04

A WOMAN who claims she was sexually assaulted by three high-profile AFL players was paid about $200,000 for her silence.

The woman complained to police that she was raped and sexually assaulted by the players in bushland near an Adelaide city nightclub.
She named Port Adelaide's Peter Burgoyne, former Brisbane Lion and one-time Port player Adam Heuskes, and another player from an interstate AFL club as the alleged attackers.

The confidential payment was made more than a year ago after the woman's lawyers sent the players letters of demand as part of a civil action claiming pain and suffering resulting from the alleged attack.

The Herald Sun was told yesterday Burgoyne and the other interstate player were sent their letters addressed to their football clubs.









According to a legal source: "Three separate players took part (in the settlement). All three contributed, and the amount was substantial."

The alleged attack took place in the early hours of August 18, 2000, when the woman, then 23, went to the West Adelaide nightclub with a group of friends.

The woman spoke to the Herald Sun about her ordeal in an exclusive interview a year after the alleged attack.

She said the experience left her feeling degraded and confused.

The Adelaide shop assistant told of having been passed a drink, which she didn't ask for, by one of the players.

She believes the drink was spiked because she later kept lapsing in and out of consciousness. She claims Burgoyne asked if she wanted to go for a walk, to which she agreed.

"I didn't have a clear head. To me it was just a walk. It could've been to McDonald's next door or to the bar," she recalled.

It was just as they were leaving the nightspot that she says she noticed Heuskes and the other man following them.

"I still didn't have an idea what was going on ? it's hard to explain," she told the Herald Sun.

She claims Burgoyne, still holding her hand, was walking briskly dragging her while she stumbled behind in the darkness.

At a spot deep within the park, the woman said she was laid down and then sexually assaulted.

Her lower clothing was removed and strewn about the grass.

The woman claimed she remembered one of them complaining: "Why do I always have to go last?"

"On and off I knew what was happening. I can't say how long it went for ? I was lapsing in and out," she said.

"They rolled me on my stomach a number of times ? just like I was their rag doll.

"Then they left me.

"As Peter Burgoyne walked off I remember him asking: `Are you all right?'

"I drifted off and woke up some time later, alone."

She then had to crawl around in the darkness to find her handbag and clothes, which were some distance away.

All the time the woman's friends had been trying to ring her on her mobile phone which was in her handbag.

They eventually met up and went to a nearby police station to report the alleged rape.

The following day she underwent medical tests.

The Herald Sun had been told the woman was a virgin before the alleged attack.

Eight days later, Burgoyne and Heuskes were charged with rape.

The other man was never charged by police.

The three AFL players are believed to have claimed the sexual encounter was consensual.

The charges against Burgoyne and Heuskes were unexpectedly dropped five weeks later by the South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions, Paul Rofe, QC.

He had determined that there was "no reasonable prospect of conviction on any criminal charge".

Mr Rofe, who had interviewed the alleged victim, said the decision "was a legal judgment, not a moral judgment".

"After a careful evaluation of the available evidence by myself and senior prosecutors, it has been determined there is no reasonable prospect of conviction on any criminal charge," he said.

"It may be time for the AFL and individual clubs to review the players' code of conduct as it relates to off-field behaviour."

After the charges were withdrawn the woman's distraught family hit out at Mr Rofe's decision and what the woman regarded as his conflict of interest.

Mr Rofe has never hidden his association with football. He was a board member of the Adelaide Crows and played 240 amateur league games.

Representatives of Port Adelaide and the other player's club said yesterday their clubs had not paid the woman.

Through their clubs the Herald Sun requested interviews with the players.

Burgoyne and Heuskes did not return calls.

[Reggi]

No I knew he was around and know who it is (der who doesn't) also knew as above article suggests that he was 'present' was never charged - no allegations were directed at him - from what I was told at the time.

This was no secret it was reported quite heavily when it happened

[floppinab]

Two players publicly outed but the Swans player not publicly named, hmmmmmm

I guess we'll expect a press conference this afternoon. Surely we'll get hammered further if the club doesn't go public today.

[Rafters]

can someone post the reports from a few years ago which names this player ... may as well find out here rather than on the Daily Turd tomorrow

[Snowy]

the player is indeed very high profile. Am I allowed to name him?

[Captain]

Originally posted by Snowy
the player is indeed very high profile. Am I allowed to name him?

Just tell us what position he plays.

[Snowy]

Apparently he was a passive observer.

[Gunn]

Originally posted by Snowy
the player is indeed very high profile. Am I allowed to name him?

IF you care about our footy club you WILL NOT name him or even give a clue about what position he plays. Other footy boards read what is posted here and identifying him here will lead to him being villified throughout the footy world.


I believe the press do know his name but haven't named him for a very good reason.

[liz]

Originally posted by Gunn
IF you care about our footy club you WILL NOT name him or even give a clue about what position he plays. Other footy boards read what is posted here and identifying him here will lead to him being villified throughout the footy world.


I believe the press do know his name but haven't named him for a very good reason.

Absolutely absolutely absolutely.

Why are people so obsessed with knowing who this was. As I posted on another thread, I think the press treatment of Milne and Montagna while they are innocent is appalling but we the public let the media get away with stuff like that because we all demand sordid details.

I'm not hiding my head in the sand and refusing to believe that any of our "heroes" could ever do anything suspect. But stories like this do no-one any good. Whoever this player was will have no opportunity to have his name cleared because the incident is in the past. He was not charged with a crime so it should end there.

[The Boot]

My head's starting to hurt.

Can we just fast forward to round one please?

[Bart]

Both Heuskes and Burgyone were named and charged at the time, but nothing came of it. The third party is a current Swans player (not a former player) and his name was widely whispered at the time, but his name was never published and he was never charged.

So I think it is time to tell people to be very very careful about naming names

[floppinab]

Originally posted by lizz
Absolutely absolutely absolutely.

Why are people so obsessed with knowing who this was.

You're kidding me Lizz right???

The public, particularly the league public in Sydney will be baying for blood desparate to find a good local example with the Swans simply for them to be able to say, "it's not just us". And they now have it.
The Swans have to hit this head on the way the Saints did or it's going to boil around for a few more days at least.

My most selfish concern is now for the Swans player involved. Given his impact on the team if it effects his on field performance we are in for a tough few months on the field.

[Tooth Fairy]

This is bullcrap. First of all the papers are writing two players, now 3 players. To be truly honest, I don't give a **** about all this. And you gossip mongerers are just making it all worse by posting bull**** inuendos on this board. Do us all a favour and stay out of the media induced frenzy for the time being. It's begining to make me sick.

Having said that, I look forward to reading all your comments when the due process has been established, and the facts have come to pass.

edit: and if u feel the need to direct an attack at me on this stance, I urge you to tread lightly.