Australian rugby union star Kurtley Beale has been arrested over an alleged sexual assault at a Bondi resort late final yr.
Beale was stopped by police on Rainbow Street, Kingsford simply earlier than 2.30pm on Friday afternoon and brought to Waverley Police Station.
NSW Police mentioned in an announcement on Friday afternoon: “A man has been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault in Sydney’s east last year.
“In December, officers from Tweed/Byron Police District received a report a 28-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted at a licenced premise on Beach Road, Bondi Beach, on Saturday 17 December 2022.
“Detectives from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command took carriage of the matter and commenced an investigation under Strike Force Titheradge.
“Following inquiries, a 33-year-old man was arrested following a vehicle stop on Rainbow Street, Kingsford, just before 2.30pm today (Friday 20 January 2023).
“He has been taken to Waverley Police Station. Inquiries continue.”
Earlier this month, Beale was chosen as a part of a 44-player squad for a Wallabies coaching camp on the Gold Coast.
The 33-year-old has 95 Wallabies caps and has performed for Racing 92 in France lately.
In 2014 he was discovered to have breached the rugby code of conduct by sending an offensive picture to former Wallabies business supervisor Di Patston.
Beale was beforehand fined $40,000 and suspended indefinitely from play for punching Melbourne Rebels teammates Gareth Delve and Cooper Vuna on the staff bus after a Super Rugby recreation in South Africa.
Beale married his associate Maddi in August 2020 and the couple celebrated the beginning of their first little one, a boy named Kurtley, final yr.
