@@@@ to hit the fan tomorrow

[DST]

Whether we like it or not, tomorrows Herald Sun's front page is going to send some of this current publicity frenzy our way.

Looks like they have delved into an incident one of our players was alledged to be involved in a couple of years ago in Adelaide.

DST

[anniswan]

Re: @@@@ to hit the fan tomorrow

Originally posted by DST

Looks like they have delved into an incident one of our players was alledged to be involved in a couple of years ago in Adelaide.

DST

Hey, DST, don't give everyone a heart attack, the player is a former player not a current player.

Hint, he liked to cross dress.

Cya in Bali

[DST]

Re: Re: @@@@ to hit the fan tomorrow

Originally posted by anniswan
Hey, DST, don't give everyone a heart attack, the player is a former player not a current player.

Hint, he liked to cross dress.

Cya in Bali

Hi AnniSwan,

I hate to rain on eveyones parade, but the other mentioned player from an interstate club (besides Burgyone and Cross Dresser) is a current Swans player.

He was in attendance that night (I know I saw him there) and was mentioned in the original rumour that circulated. Although the rumour did concentrate more on the two directly mentioned in the article.

Funny thing is that the story dissapeared very quickly, probably know why now.

Can't wait to get on that plane next week, work and wedding plans have been a killer.

DST

[anniswan]

Oh! My mum is going to die!

She said to me tonight, thank God the swans aren't involved in this.

Is this the story that the feral London Swan was alluding to.

[DST]

Originally posted by anniswan
Oh! My mum is going to die!

She said to me tonight, thank God the swans aren't involved in this.

Is this the story that the feral London Swan was alluding to.

Can't recall London Swans story (now there is a blast from the past).

But I would not get to worked up about it, from being in Adelaide at the time the rumours concentrated much more on Burgoyone and Hueskus with our player mentioned in dispatches becuase he was in attendance that night with the said players.

DST

[liz]

Originally posted by anniswan

Is this the story that the feral London Swan was alluding to.

LS' obsession was over some incident he believed happened in Perth, I think.

[anniswan]

Re: Re: Re: @@@@ to hit the fan tomorrow

Originally posted by DST
Can't wait to get on that plane next week, work and wedding plans have been a killer.

DST

Only 9 sleeps to go, but only 36 sleeps till I get back to Australia.

[DST]

This may sound rather creepy, but I was also got knocked over by a Darren Milane at the Tunnel nightclub no more than 2 hours before he ploughed his car into the back of a truck and lost his head.

I have very vivid memories of watching him drink 6 shooters in a row then walk out of the club.

And before anyone asks what was I doing at the Tunnel, it was my 18th birthday it was a Sunday and we couldn't think of anywhere else to go.

DST

[NMWBloods]

Millane - what a thug. We used to regularly see his girlfriend come into work with a bruised face!

[anniswan]

Originally posted by DST
This may sound rather creepy, but I was also got knocked over by a Darren Milane at the Tunnel nightclub no more than 2 hours before he ploughed his car into the back of a truck and lost his head.
DST

Glad I am not on the same flight as you are, I hope you and the 29 others have a safe trip to Bali.

[robbieando]

If you remember back far enough this story in fact broke in 2001 or 2002 when the 3 involved were charged. However the charges were dropped soon after. Now Eddie tonight named Peter Burgoyne and Adam Heuskes, plus a former AFL player with an AFL club. Now the third person was named at the time charges were laided and it was in fact a former Swans player who was close friends with Heuskes and retired from the game soon after Heuskes did after 1 season with the Brisbane Lions. Thankfully the two former Swans involved were just that "former Swans players" and the insident took place in Adelaide.

[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/realfooty/articles/2004/03/18/1079199372348.html

[desredandwhite]

Not much point worrying about this really. If the player in question (no idea who) is charged, and found guilty, then by all means throw the book at them. If the cops haven't laid any charges, then it's really nothing to do with us.

Big media beat-up unless anything is proven. What some people will do to sell a few papers....

[Reggi]

Swan helped pay $200,000 over rape claim
By Caroline Wilson, Jake Niall and Emma Quayle
March 19, 2004 - 12:21AM

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Two current AFL players, including Port Adelaide's Peter Burgoyne and a Sydney player, reached an out-of-court settlement with a woman who had made sexual assault allegations against them in 2000.

Burgoyne and former AFL player Adam Heuskes were charged with rape over an alleged incident in Adelaide in August of that year.

The charges were not proceeded with and no convictions were recorded. Heuskes was a Brisbane player at the time but is now playing in the South Australian National Football League.

The current Swans player contributed to the payout, which was made in 2002 to settle a civil action by the woman against the players.

It is understood the majority of the payout was contributed by Burgoyne and the Sydney player because they were still earning high salaries.

The Sydney player was not charged. There is no suggestion that the out-of-court settlement was connected with the criminal charges.

Port Adelaide chief executive Brian Cunningham said last night the charges had not proceeded.

He said the basis of the monetary settlement was that "all three players denied the allegations and the woman accepted that the settlement was not an admission of liability".


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"There were no findings made in relation to the player. In a subsequent civil action, a woman allegedly involved in the incident sent a letter of demand seeking a financial settlement."

The payout was revealed in The Sunday Age in Melbourne two weeks ago, before the scandal over allegations of serious sexual misconduct involving St Kilda's Stephen Milne and Leigh Montagna surfaced on Tuesday. These players were named by their club, which has said they vehemently deny the allegations.

The Sunday Age report, which was primarily about gang rape allegations in rugby league, did not name the players.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said last night he was unaware of the payment.

Cunningham said that Port Adelaide "did not pay or compensate in any way any party in connection with the matter, nor did it provide or pay the player's legal assistance".

He said the club was not a party to the settlement.

"A senior club official advised the player to obtain a lawyer, which he did," Cunningham said.

"The official attended meetings between the lawyer and the player as an observer."

Sydney chief executive Myles Baron-Hay would not comment last night.

The details of the payment emerged as the AFL and its captains launched a spirited defence of the game and its players.

Demetriou said that while there were times individual footballers would "transgress", he believed the bulk of the AFL's 640 players were "outstanding community leaders".

His thoughts were echoed by club captains, including Collingwood skipper and Brownlow medallist Nathan Buckley, who felt he "owed" football for instilling an ability to make socially responsible decisions.

Demetriou said he was convinced female football supporters would not turn away from the game, and said the AFL's image remained good.

Milne and Montagna have denied the claims made against them by two women after an alleged incident on Sunday night at Montagna's bayside home.

Demetriou named James Hird, Michael Voss and Buckley as "outstanding leaders in this community".

Buckley said he had made more right decisions than wrong because of football.

"Without football I don't know where I'd be," he said.

"I'm no saint, but I owe a lot to footy for the discipline I believe I've got in a lot of areas of my life."

Buckley said the AFL and its clubs now demanded that any off-field indiscretions be dealt with, "not swept under the carpet". He said most players respected women.

"There's always a minority, and those people need to be dealt with to the full letter of the law," Buckley said.

Geelong captain Steven King said he would again address his players on the dangers of off-field indiscretions.

Kangaroos skipper Adam Simpson said his team would this morning be told of their social responsibilities by the Victoria Police.

[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