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After a two day deposition
hearing, the league player has been ordered to stand trial. The 37 year old complainant was
heavily intoxicated when she met the accused at The Whiskey Bar in Ponsonby.
She had been drinking wine all night and had taken cocaine. They later ended
up in a car on College Hill near Victoria Park. The prosecution alleges that the
complainant was then raped and sexually violated. The woman claimed that he
had ejaculated inside her, but there were no traces of semen found in the
samples taken from her. The accused denies being rough or
aggressive, and denies having sex with her, but the woman performed oral sex
on him.. He drove the woman back to a taxi rank, and paid for a taxi but
refused to drive her home. She was not happy, and started to sulk, but the
accused said he never expected her to cry rape.. 2007-0320 - Radio NZ - Former
league player to go to trial over sex charges 2007-0320 - Radio NZ - Former
league player denies raping woman 2007-0320 - One News - Former
league star to stand trial 2007-0320 - NZ Herald - Former
league star to stand trial for rape 2007-0320 - NZ Herald - Ex-Kiwis star
'threw cash at raped woman' 2007-0320 - Newstalk ZB -
Former league star denies rape 2007-0320 - Newstalk ZB -
Former league player denies raping woman 2007-0319 - Three News - Former
league star accused of rape 2007-0319 - Radio NZ - Hearing
underway for former rugby league star accused of rape
Name suppression is continued
until trial. In a hearing the judge agreed with defence submissions that publicising
the man's name would jeopardise a significant number of third parties. 2006-0815 - Stuff - Rape accused
league star fights for name suppression 2006-0815 - Newstalk
ZB - Suppression continues in league rape case 2006-0816 - Dominion Post -
League star wins court protection
The accused will fight the charges
against him. “He would defend the sexual abuse charges and was determined to
defend his name and reputation.” 2006-0813 - Sunday News - League
star vows to fight sex charges
"I'm just blown away. Police
give you an undertaking ... it's certainly the last time I'm going to
co-operate with the police," He
also said bail conditions sought by the Crown, including a curfew and strict
reporting clauses, were a 2006-0813 - Sunday Star Times - Police
broke promise - league star's lawyer
NZ
Rugby League Chief executive, Selwyn Pearson, was shell-shocked. “I don’t
believe it” Former
Kiwis coach Graham Lowe said his first reaction to the charges was sadness.
"I just think that it highlights that society, in whatever form it is,
can bring out the best and the worst in us." Peter "Mad Butcher"
Leitch said it was "very, very important" that the public remember
the charges were as yet unproven Crown prosecutor Debra Bell said
that no drugging-related charges would be laid, despite early reports of the
complainant being drugged 2006-0811 - NZ Herald -
Dismay in league circles at sex charges
The rugby league player faces
three sexual violation charges, including rape and sodomy. The alleged
offences occurred on June 15. In a court hearing, the man was supported by
several family members. The man has interim name suppression, and his lawyer
Gary Gotlieb says there are compelling reasons for it to be continued. 2006-0810 - Stuff - Name
suppression continues for ex-league player 2006-0810 - Radio NZ - Former
Rugby League star appears in court on three sex charges 2006-0810 - One News - Former
league player on rape charge 2006-0810 - NZ Herald - Name
suppression extended for ex-League star 2006-0810 - Newstalk ZB -
Second appearance for league star 2006-0811 - Waikato
Times - Suppression continues 2006-0811 - The Press -
Suppression bid 2006-0811 - Dominion Post -
Ex-league star faces rape allegations
Police have received a complaint
against a former New Zealand rugby league test player who also used to play
for the Warriors. The woman suspected she had been drugged and raped 2006-0806 - Sunday Star Times - Former
league star under suspicion for alleged rape 2006-0807 - The Press - Rape
alleged |
