indeed, the Swans never stood down Micky O did they? Though IIRC, in his case allegations were made without charges being laid.
Not exactly the same thing because Mick'o only got brought into it After the whole thing had been "settled"
O'Loughlin name only came into the picture when it was found he paid a sum of money to her confidentiality agreement.
supposedly Mick'O was present but didn't rape her. Yet she only named Borgoyne, Heuskes in her police interviews O'Loughlin was never mentioned as being at the park despite her having met and recognising him earlier in the night.
In any case as I said early the swans weighed it up decided that the sibling of a woman involved in an alleged rape making claims in a newspaper about O'Loughlin was not sufficient enough a reason to stand him down.
The club still gets chided over it and is frequently cited as an example of How AFL rape cases are treated.
This combined with Milne and the cover up is why there most certainly is a case to stand major down. Particularly as charges have now been brought to bare.
In a way north are lucky that they aren't a high profile club and daw isn't a top player, if this was say boomer Harvey it would be nuts right now, let alone if it was Travis cloke.