Rugby star Kurtley Beale will seem in court docket on Saturday after being charged over an alleged sexual assault in Sydney’s east final 12 months.
Police allege a 28-year-old lady was sexually assaulted at a pub on Beach Road in Bondi on December 17.
The 33-year-old was arrested on Friday afternoon in a car cease after leaving Waratahs coaching and questioned for a number of hours at Waverley Police station earlier than he was charged.
He faces two counts of sexually touching one other particular person with out consent, incite one other to sexually contact them with out consent and sexual activity with out consent.
He was refused bail to seem earlier than Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday.
Detectives from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command launched Strike Force Titheradge to analyze the allegation after officers from the Tweed/Byron District acquired a report concerning the incident.
In a joint assertion on Friday night, Rugby Australia, the NSW Waratahs and the Rugby Union Players Association stated they have been “aware of the situation involving Kurtley Beale”.’
“As this is a police matter, and we understand there has been no charge made, we will be making no further comment at this time,” the assertion stated.
Mr Beale had lately been named as one of many 44 gamers to affix a four-day Wallabies coaching camp on the Gold Coast because the Rugby World Cup approaches.
He returned to Australian Rugby after his two-year contract with French workforce Racing 92 ended, signing on to the Waratahs.
The fullback has performed 95 Tests for Australia after making his Wallabies debut in 2009.
