News Hawthorn player questioned over sexual assault allegation - No Names, etc; UPDATED: cleared (9/5/16)

[smeltitdeltit]

Pretty much.

They're making it sound as if a f***** SWAT team kicked in the front door and opened fire.

What's joke. It's like the front page article earlier in the year saying "Dank Drugs at Geelong" or whatever. Pure tabloid bullshit to make people think that the cats are now involved with the doping scandal when it turns out the stuff at Geelong was perfectly legal.
Thompson was furious on 360 and rightly so. Was disgusting. Surely there should be some watchdog that can fine the Sun for conning the public into purchasing the paper. And "technically there were dank drugs" doesn't cut it. They knew what they were doing.

 

[driftyhunter]

The more likely outcome is that we'll be compelled to hand over private info and internet logs so individual posters can be pursued through the courts.

Like that will happen in reality...

 

[IdiotBox]

Can we at least spell "assault" correctly in the thread title?

 

[HairyO]

Was raided just media spin? If they're cooperating with police it probably wasn't a raid so much as giving them the keys.

Here is how you know its a raid - it happens at 5am and involves them smashing your door down.

The real story would be that the police and lawyers assisting the players agreed to a time.

 

[Hungdaddy]

I'm really struggling to believe the implication in the media that Hawthorn players are drink spiking people. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Can we at least spell "assault" correctly in the thread title?

Good pick up. Thread title edited.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

i think whether she was drugged is an issue
and by whom

I've seen plenty of people (both guys and girls) be semi coherent, but lose it in a night setting with no drugs

You hear this so often, that they had their drinks spiked
More than often, it's adrenaline

For what it's worth, I've been accused of sexualy assault, and I couldn't even remember the girl (thankfully charges weren't laid)

 

[Rocket72]

I believe the players that are being named elsewhere have suffered torrents of abuse on their Twitter accounts and this is probably the reason they have closed them down, not because they are necessarily the players under suspicion just because they are the names the public have got hold of. Lynch mob mentality at it's finest.

There was a player that closed their account early on, for whatever reason. I think it makes more sense now that others are doing the same, otherwise it is too tempting to draw conclusions about motives for closures...

 

[Bayer_]

How much? Am interested.

Swap you for Fevola's Coleman you tried to sell on Ebay?

 

[toomanysquibs]

Like that will happen in reality...

The reality is that it will happen to someone, one day.

The internet has been great for giving everyone a platform to write on - previously it was only journalists that could speak their mind, and had access to a decent audience.

But it's folly to think that the law won't start to catch up. Newspapers get sued all the time.

Just a matter of when, not if, that will apply to the general populace. Once something is published, there's just no reason why there would or should be a different set of rules.

Going to be nasty for a few on here, and the rest of us will be made to think a little harder before posting.

 

[A Cut Above]

Ewwwwww ... Slobbo giving a lap dance? Now THERE'S an image that one could definitely do without!

For anyone else interested in said image here's a snapshot

 

[Hong Kong Hawk]

The reality is that it will happen to someone, one day.

The internet has been great for giving everyone a platform to write on - previously it was only journalists that could speak their mind, and had access to a decent audience.

But it's folly to think that the law won't start to catch up. Newspapers get sued all the time.

Just a matter of when, not if, that will apply to the general populace. Once something is published, there's just no reason why there would or should be a different set of rules.

Going to be nasty for a few on here, and the rest of us will be made to think a little harder before posting.

Yes, even though we have an implied freedom of speech in Australia, and for that matter an implied freedom of expression, this doesn't mean people can say whatever they want. There are still laws to protect others from what we say in certain circumstances.

By posting, we are addressing "the world at large" and hence open ourselves up to things such as defamation, contempt of court etc.

These are easy to avoid with just a little knowledge and common sense. Naming players in this instance is showing very little common sense if wanting to stay within the boundaries- particularly if the information is wrong.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Am I right in saying after the taxi incident and another in a house where she stayed over with the some or all of the same guys she then called her boyfriend to pick her up but not until the next morning?

 

[LuvMyHawks]

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Am I right in saying after the taxi incident and another in a house where she stayed over with the some or all of the same guys she then called her boyfriend to pick her up but not until the next morning?

According to the report the boyfriend rang her and he went to pick her up on the morning from the house, on the 9th Oct..

 

[brew]

Am I right in saying after the taxi incident and another in a house where she stayed over with the some or all of the same guys she then called her boyfriend to pick her up but not until the next morning?

Sounds ligit

 

[Davo23]

Am I right in saying after the taxi incident and another in a house where she stayed over with the some or all of the same guys she then called her boyfriend to pick her up but not until the next morning?

That's what boyfriends do.

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[Siri]

Here is how you know its a raid - it happens at 5am and involves them smashing your door down.

The real story would be that the police and lawyers assisting the players agreed to a time.

You are horribly, horribly, horribly wrong mate. Go & read Section 465 of the Crimes Act, 1958. All will be revealed!

 

[MistyAvalon]

I genuinely think most people (Hawks supporters or otherwise) are sympathetic to everyone who is affected by this situation and hope that justice is done whatever that may be. I do feel like washing my brain out sometimes after reading that thread on the main board though.

I deliberately avoided it as I am sure you will understand why!

 

[HairyO]

You are horribly, horribly, horribly wrong mate. Go & read Section 465 of the Crimes Act, 1958. All will be revealed!

Do the cops even need magistrates to sign off on warrants these days? They certainly dont bother with electronic surveillance anymore.

 

[Hong Kong Hawk]

You are horribly, horribly, horribly wrong mate. Go & read Section 465 of the Crimes Act, 1958. All will be revealed!

It won't dawn on everyone in this forum that the police are gathering evidence in order to determine if they can lay a charge or two, because seemingly in the course of investigating the complaint they think that there might be something in it.

On balance, in the next few days there could be a headline reading "Taxi Seized, Camera Examined" for example.

Anyone thinking that this will go away quickly are wishing for the equivalent of cancer being cured by "a Bex, hot bath and a relaxing lie down."

 

[Siri]

Do the cops even need magistrates to sign off on warrants these days? They certainly dont bother with electronic surveillance anymore.

Yes they certainly do. It is sworn via affidavit or oath. You might want to check out the Surveillance Devices Act whilst you're there.

 

[macdaddio]

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According to the report the boyfriend rang her and he went to pick her up on the morning from the house, on the 9th Oct..

And did he not want to punch on with the the other guys if she told him her story???

 

[macdaddio]

That's what boyfriends do.

.

When a man loves a women he would do anything for her...

 

[Gralin]

When a man loves a women he would do anything for her...

Meatloaf begs to differ

 

[macdaddio]

Meatloaf begs to differ

Yes he would, how else do you think he gained so much weight..