Rumour Rumors of cat player in big trouble

[#1_pigeonracer]

"I hope people see the funny side in it," Bartel said.

 

[ShadowCat]

True, but the listing itself doesn't disclose anything specific, other than a certain person has a court listing at a certain day and time for a criminal matter.

If any suppression order is in place it will remain in place until at least the first court appearance.

The listing does disclose one very important detail, which I was able to search myself - that it's a criminal matter, not a civil one. It also has the plaintiff listed, the date he was charged, and the date of his court date. Along with the suppression order and the earlier article naming an AFL player charged in the Geelong area, I daresay there'll still be questions asked - just not specific ones about said player.

The story will be too big to contain. I also imagine the media will print a story about how this info became publicly available in the first place - which is even more damning. It could legitimately affect the outcome of the case, due to defamatory laws/public influence on a court case making it invalid to be tried in a fair and just manner.

One thing is for sure, whoever made this available that works for the magistrates court and manages the backend/frontend IT systems that govern info shared/not shared, is a complete f*cking idiot.

 

[HawthornHawk]

I thought the Geelong ITK said that it was a player from a Melbourne based club?

Perhaps a different Tanner Bruhn is listed to appear in court.

In all seriousness though- this is a blight on the league, no reason for point scoring here.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

The info is there for attendees to be able to search when their court dates are. Looks like someone figured out they can search his name in the correct court, and that information would pop up. I don't know if that was suppressed earlier, but it's absolutely there now - and literally anyone with half a brain can go from the Geelong Magistrates page and do it themselves.

Social media and forums will run with this very shortly, and then it's game over. This website has at least 10,000 people on a given day...there'd already be hundreds that would have this info and be sharing it. Regardless of if it's an error or not, once something is out on the internet - it's out. There's no deniability anymore.

True, but the listing itself doesn't disclose anything specific, other than a certain person has a court listing at a certain day and time for a criminal matter.

If any suppression order is in place it will remain in place until at least the first court appearance.

I imagine if it enters the mainstream, as I'm suspecting it will overnight, that Twitter/X will grab a hold of it - and all journos will know. Then it will be a case of 'do you have anything to say regarding the rumours circulating on social media regarding one of your players.'

Even if the order somehow remains, the information will be everywhere by tomorrow/late tonight. They'll need to give some sort of response, even if not directly naming the player in question.

It's already all over X, I came here after seeing the same screen shot on X and checking EFAS myself.

Geelong X account has been inundated with the same screenshot on their post abut re-signings.At first they hid the replies (still viewable if you press "show hidden replies" but then they turned off comments on the post.

 

[ShadowCat]

True, but the listing itself doesn't disclose anything specific, other than a certain person has a court listing at a certain day and time for a criminal matter.

If any suppression order is in place it will remain in place until at least the first court appearance.


It's already all over X, I came here after seeing the same screen shot on X and checking EFAS myself.

Geelong X account has been inundated with the same screenshot on their post abut re-signings.At first they hid the replies (still viewable if you press "show hidden replies" but then they turned off comments on the post.

Completely unsurprised. It's too big a story to contain. Things on the internet these days spread in a matter of minutes, not days anymore.

The club and the AFL would be in crisis talks right now. I daresay the courts will be contacted first thing in the morning, and the suppression order will likely be lifted given they've already unwittingly leaked it themselves.

Like I said before, these are uncharted waters, and I legitimately have no idea how this will be responded to or how the AFL/Geelong/the courts will respond. What I do know though, is what just happened will spread everywhere, and it will be the biggest story in the country come tomorrow morning. This is a serious violation of both the victim and the accused's rights, and could seriously harm the outcome of the court case. Complete and utter amateur hour, and a disgusting outcome for all parties involved.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Just cannot shake that injury that miraculously happened at a time and place that nobody witnessed and cannot to pinned down to a rough estimate re return date

 

[Chocoholic]

Completely unsurprised. It's too big a story to contain. Things on the internet these days spread in a matter of minutes, not days anymore.

The club and the AFL would be in crisis talks right now. I daresay the courts will be contacted first thing in the morning, and the suppression order will likely be lifted given they've already unwittingly leaked it themselves.

Like I said before, these are uncharted waters, and I legitimately have no idea how this will be responded to or how the AFL/Geelong/the courts will respond. What I do know though, is what just happened will spread everywhere, and it will be the biggest story in the country come tomorrow morning. This is a serious violation of both the victim and the accused's rights, and could seriously harm the outcome of the court case. Complete and utter amateur hour, and a disgusting outcome for all parties involved.

100% now its a shitshow especially for the victim which is unfair to them. If it is who we suspect then I just can't see how we can justify him playing when he's not injured. I know Richmond let Pickett play but I would be incredibly disappointed if he plays.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

100% now its a shitshow especially for the victim which is unfair to them. If it is who we suspect then I just can't see how we can justify him playing when he's not injured. I know Richmond let Pickett play but I would be incredibly disappointed if he plays.

Just so you know, the "informant" named in the listing isn't an alleged victim, it's the name of the charging police officer.

 

[blackey]

Imagine if this involved a player from a big club ?
What would we see from the media ?

 

[Chocoholic]

Just so you know, the "informant" named in the listing isn't an alleged victim, it's the name of the charging police officer.

I understand that I mean more in general. Imagine if people found out you accused a local AFL player the amount of hate you would get. Not a stretch that gets leaked now.

 

[Johanpetro]

I thought the Geelong ITK said that it was a player from a Melbourne based club?

Perhaps a different Tanner Bruhn is listed to appear in court.

In all seriousness though- this is a blight on the league, no reason for point scoring here.

Was just thinking about him. I saw him pop up about 10 times in the cats forum saying “it’s NOT Tanner Bruhn it’s a Melbourne based player”.. what a muppet.

 

[ShadowCat]

100% now its a shitshow especially for the victim which is unfair to them. If it is who we suspect then I just can't see how we can justify him playing when he's not injured. I know Richmond let Pickett play but I would be incredibly disappointed if he plays.

I'm 99% confident he won't play another game for us, if verdict drags out. The court date is actually very soon, so we'll basically tell him to spend time away from the club, until a verdict is reached - much like the Thomas situation. There are too many stakeholders, fans, AFLW etc. involved to just allow him to take the field. Not to mention that if he somehow did take the field, there's a fair chance he'd be targeted and pretty much assaulted on field, by players who don't want to see him out there. There's no situation where a player can be treated like the other 43 players on the list, when there's even a suspicion of guilt in such a heinous crime like this.

 

[BF Tiger]

Why should I give a shit about you, when you're the one throwing out little internet gotchas, with no concern at all for the affected parties - all the while laughing away at posts from behind your screen little a little internet loser in mummy's basement. Guarantee you wouldn't be laughing and pathetically internet trolling if the affected party was your sister, wife, friend or daughter.

Go take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror mate. You're a disgrace, and you're a child. Ignored.

Excellent.

 

[Daka]

I am absolutely stunned the media has not said anything, suppression orders do get broken a lot more than people want to realize, as these stories are usually huge with reporters want to be the first to break it, in fact I would say this is one of the biggest stories ever in the AFL.

I actually feel sorry for Geelong supporters, no one want something like this happen at their club they support.

 

[Ancient Tiger]

100% now its a shitshow especially for the victim which is unfair to them. If it is who we suspect then I just can't see how we can justify him playing when he's not injured. I know Richmond let Pickett play but I would be incredibly disappointed if he plays.

I understand that Richmond believed Pickett's side of the story and the fact that the WA police keep adjourning the case means they haven't got enough evidence to convict him. That's a very different situation to this. This will be going to court.

Having said that, he deserves the presumption of innocence until he is proven guilty.

 

[ShadowCat]

I am absolutely stunned the media has been has not said anything, suppression orders do get broken a lot more than people want to realize, as these stories are usually huge with reporters want to be the first to break it, in fact I would say this is one of the biggest stories ever in the AFL.

I actually feel sorry for Geelong supporters, no one want something like this happen at their club they support.

I appreciate the sentiment mate, but a lot of your own brethren are absolutely salivating at this as a point scoring exercise to say 'Geelong bad, Richmond good'...rather than caring one iota about the victim involved. Also not focusing on the fact that Geelong as a club has nothing to do with the player's actions outside the club. North weren't responsible for Thomas' actions. Sydney weren't responsbile for Taylor's actions, and Geelong isn't responsible for said player in this thread's, actions.

Nothing is sacred anymore - all just tribal. You only need to see all the laugh reacts to anything a Geelong supporter says that's serious. Doesn't really matter honestly, but it's disappointing that people try to point score on a sexual assault case, because they wear different stripes on the weekend.

I guess that's what politics is now, so why should footy be any different. It's just Trump's trolling world now, and we're all living in it.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

I understand that Richmond believed Pickett's side of the story and the fact that the WA police keep adjourning the case means they haven't got enough evidence to convict him. That's a very different situation to this. This will be going to court.

Having said that, he deserves the presumption of innocence until he is proven guilty.

There's also a huge difference between property/theft crimes and crimes against a person.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

It's not for me.

It's still online for me.

 

[Muddiemoose]

I appreciate the sentiment mate, but a lot of your own brethren are absolutely salivating at this as a point scoring exercise to say 'Geelong bad, Richmond good'...rather than caring one iota about the victim involved. Also not focusing on the fact that Geelong as a club has nothing to do with the player's actions outside the club. North weren't responsible for Thomas' actions. Sydney weren't responsbile for Taylor's actions, and Geelong isn't responsible for said player in this thread's, actions.

Nothing is sacred anymore - all just tribal. You only need to see all the laugh reacts to anything a Geelong supporter says that's serious. Doesn't really matter honestly, but it's disappointing that people try to point score on a sexual assault case, because they wear different stripes on the weekend.

I guess that's what politics is now, so why should footy be any different. It's just Trump's trolling world now, and we're all living in it.

100% agree mate
It’s pretty pathetic really

Even to people tempting a possible suppression order,
We can all connect the dots but as for posting anything publicly it’s not worth posting something on any platform that could be grounds to be used to push for a mistrial

The victim and even the perpetrator deserve for this to be played out properly and it’s not the type of issue anyone should be trying to use for some bullshit footy “banter”

 

[MisterMarcus]

I imagine if it enters the mainstream, as I'm suspecting it will overnight, that Twitter/X will grab a hold of it - and all journos will know. Then it will be a case of 'do you have anything to say regarding the rumours circulating on social media regarding one of your players.'

Even if the order somehow remains, the information will be everywhere by tomorrow/late tonight. They'll need to give some sort of response, even if not directly naming the player in question.

What can the club realistically say?

"We're aware of the allegations, it's before the courts now, there's a suppression order in place, we can't comment any further"

 

[paullions]

Hey maybe the screenshot of the magistrates court appearance should be removed, nobody wants to risk getting in legal trouble about this because you want to dunk on another team.

Just watch what you say about this whole thing there's likely a suppression order in plplace.

It's on a publicly available website. Nothing wrong with posting a screenshot.

 

[Outtatym]

The fake finger injury Geelong have made up for him is absolutely pathetic. This is why people question the injury lists and players sitting out with mental health issues. Everyone knows the clubs consistently lie about these things

I would normally agree (3 strikes is covered up all the time) but seriously, what is Geelong supposed to do here when it's a legal issue? They are between a rock and hard place. If it was public from the beginning they would have wiped their hands of it

 

[calder_daddy]

I am absolutely stunned the media has not said anything, suppression orders do get broken a lot more than people want to realize, as these stories are usually huge with reporters want to be the first to break it, in fact I would say this is one of the biggest stories ever in the AFL.

I actually feel sorry for Geelong supporters, no one want something like this happen at their club they support.

Don’t feel bad for us. I don’t feel bad for fellow supporters
I do how ever feel bad for the victim

Regardless of who he plays for, it’s disgusting if he’s found guilty

 

[ShadowCat]

100% agree mate
It’s pretty pathetic really

Even to people tempting a possible suppression order,
We can all connect the dots but as for posting anything publicly it’s not worth posting something on any platform that could be grounds to be used to push for a mistrial

The victim and even the perpetrator deserve for this to be played out properly and it’s not the type of issue anyone should be trying to use for some bullshit footy “banter”

Sadly, I think some people are just too rabid these days in their views, to even take a step back and examine that trolling might not be ok in all situations. I mean, the POTUS reposted an AI vid of Gaza being turned into a giant Trump resort whilst sitting in a pool with Netanyahu, so honestly, nothing is sacred anymore. It's all about 'my side being better' and getting a reaction in this perpetual shitfight that occurs between everyone over everything. Everything is a joke - even war, famine, sexual assault, murder. It's unsurprising, but always disappointing. The internet is a cesspool nowadays.

Guarantee, that if you spoke to someone in the real world about this, you wouldn't know or care who they support - you'd just discuss the facts. I wonder how much less tribalism there'd be on this site, if we weren't all grouped into our club areas and marked by our club designation? We all have friends from different clubs in the real word, but strangely on here we're all opposed because we follow those different clubs.

Again, it's all just tribalism. Anonymous posting removes accountability and care. Rinse and repeat everywhere.

 

[Lockyer24]

The issue is players get crucified in the media for less. Some of our players in particular have copped it. Yet what is alleged here is a lot worse. So I think some fans will want their pound of flesh