Australian AFL Club Suspends Five Players Over Misconduct, Sparking Outrage Among Support,
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“These allegations are especially painful because, for so many women, sexual violence is not an abstract issue. We have experienced it ourselves or watched people we love experience it. In Australia, one in five women has experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.
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Swans supporters have been left disappointed and disenchanted after five players were banned for the rest of the AFL season by the club over their behaviour.
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The Guardian SportThe Sydney Swans CEO says the club is “deeply embarrassed and ashamed” for its players’ apparent failure to maintain the club’s standards at a hotel during the early hours of Monday, suspending them for the remainder of the season.
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The suspension of Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, Riley Bice and James Jordon on Wednesday relates to the breach of the club’s behavioural standards at the Pullman East Melbourne hotel on Monday morning.
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The Guardian SportThe club stood down players Riley Bice, Nick Blakey, Isaac Heeney, James Jordon and Chad Warner on Wednesday morning. None of the men have been arrested or charged, but have been connected to the police investigation into an alleged sexual assault at the Pullman Hotel in Melbourne.
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Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham and chief executive Matthew Pavlich apologised at a media conference on Wednesday for the separate behaviour that culminated in the suspension of the five players, before the players themselves issued an apology via a statement.
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Pavlich said they were “deeply embarrassed and ashamed” by the choices of the players and “the impact that’s had on the women involved and also the club”.
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The Guardian Sport“To say we’re disappointed is an understatement,” Pavlich said. “We’re deeply embarrassed and ashamed [of] the poor choices of five of our players, and the impact that’s had on the women involved, and also the club, our supporters, and so many other people.”
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01 SMH Sport Swans dump Saints from Pride Game Sydney Swans have dumped St Kilda from their annual AFL Pride Game following the latter's handling of the Lance Collard homophobic slur case.
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02 The Guardian Sport The AFL backed the sanctions on Wednesday evening, confirming none of the five would be considered for the All Australian squad, which will be finalised next week.
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