She said: \u201cI don\u2019t want money. All I care about is justice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to stand up for what is right. And I\u2019m never going to let this happen to anyone else. Justice will be served.<\/p>\n
\u201cI care about women\u2019s rights and what\u2019s right, because this happens too often to women and they get away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She has also alleged the players \u201ctold us they were carpenters\u201d and therefore could not pay the full rate.<\/p>\n
It comes after Channel 7 reported they contacted the woman who took the Party Girls Melbourne booking from the Swans players on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
The individual, who asked to remain anonymous, claims she and the exotic dancer have been identified online and are now \u201cworried about retribution\u201d from the public and \u201cfear for their lives\u201d.<\/p>\n
She went on to add: \u201cI\u2019m so scared. This is so dangerous for our safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same report alleges that the sexual assault complaint was a \u201cslap on the backside,\u201d noting that detail remained unconfirmed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, senior police sources have reportedly told ABC their understanding is an \u201carrangement was reached in a hotel room\u201d for players to take drugs, believed to be cocaine, off the women\u2019s breasts and buttocks.<\/p>\n
Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, James Jordon and Riley Bice have been stood down for the remainder of the AFL season as police continue to investigate an alleged sexual assault at a Melbourne hotel in the early hours of Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Of the five involved in the alleged incident, Heeney is reportedly at the centre of the police investigation.<\/p>\n
None of the five players have formally been interviewed by police, but they have reportedly spoken to investigators.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made nor any charges laid, with the exact circumstances of the incident still to be determined.<\/p>\n
News.com.au does not suggest any of the players are under investigation or implicated in any wrongdoing, only that they have been spoken to by investigators.<\/p>\n
\u2018Locked out of room\u2019 allegation<\/p>\n
New details have emerged surrounding one of the women involved in the Swans investigation.<\/p>\n
Following reports topless waitresses were ordered to the Melbourne hotel, the Herald Sun claim one may have been locked out of the room while naked.<\/p>\n
It is claimed she found a Swans official and made a complaint asking to retrieve her clothes, which is when the team realised what had unfolded.<\/p>\n
Heeney\u2019s fiancee \u2018leaves Sydney home\u2019<\/p>\n
Isaac Heeney\u2019s fiancee Steffanie Waters has reportedly left their Sydney home amid the fallout from the star\u2019s suspension by the Swans.<\/p>\n
Heeney has already lost sponsors and had his children\u2019s book pulled from shelves in the wake of the scandal.<\/p>\n
And the latest claim from the Adelaide Advertiser alleges his fiancee Waters, who is described as \u201cdistraught\u201d in light of the scandal, has \u201ctravelled away\u201d from their Sydney home and headed to Noosa.<\/p>\n
In the report, a friend of Heeney\u2019s also said: \u201cHe is in a real bad head space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Heeney and Waters, who have been dating for several years and got engaged in French Polynesia last October, have restricted comments on most of their Instagram pages.<\/p>\n
However trolls have targeted Waters with abusive comments on some of her posts.<\/p>\n
Four of the five Swans stars involved in the police investigation \u2014 Heeney, Blakey, Jordon and Warner \u2014 have publicised their relationships on social media.<\/p>\n
Warner is with girlfriend Alice Hughes, while Blakey is in a relationship with Olympic sprinter Ella Connolly.<\/p>\n
Jordan is dating charity worker Emily Twycross.<\/p>\n
\u2018Completely unacceptable\u2019: PM speaks on scandal<\/p>\n
Aussie Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the Swans scandal as \u201ccompletely unacceptable,\u201d and urged the AFL to \u201cdo better\u201d.<\/p>\n
He told ABC: \u201cOur thoughts are with the women involved, every woman and every girl has a right to feel safe in any environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIts extraordinary that this has occurred… The idea that this is occurring is completely untenable and the initial response as well was I think completely unacceptable. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thoughts should have been, always, about women and their safety, and I don\u2019t think that occurred at this time and I hope that the AFL certainly needs to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Squad disharmony<\/p>\n
The Swans squad are reportedly anything but united on the back of the investigation into an alleged sexual assault following the team\u2019s win over Essendon at the MCG on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The squad know they have to move forward and focus on footy, which is easier said than done.<\/p>\n
As they returned to training on Wednesday, notably the five players stood down were not in attendance.<\/p>\n
Before the session got underway, Swans captain Callum Mills addressed the playing group and staff, who stood shoulder to shoulder in a circle.<\/p>\n
Many players could be seen with their heads down listening to the speech from their skipper and coach Dean Cox.<\/p>\n
The usual jovial mood around training was anything but as the team prepares for the tall task of a finals footy campaign without several of their stars.<\/p>\n
And while the Swans are presenting a united front, they are anything but, according to a report from Channel 7\u2019s Mitch Cleary.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Swans chief executive Matthew Pavlich stressed his club was \u201cnot abandoning our players\u201d, adding the five that\u2019d been stood down would be allowed back at the football club \u201cat the right time\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, Cleary stated that despite the club\u2019s public stance, there was \u201ca strong level of resentment\u201d from teammates.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough you\u2019ll hear over the coming days key personnel from the Swans say they\u2019re supporting their teammates and a wrapping of arms around these players, (but) I understand there\u2019s a strong level of resentment from the teammates,\u201d Cleary told Channel 7 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a footy club that saw this year as one of redemption after two Grand Final defeats in the last four years. The players are severely upset and disappointed with their teammates as to the situation the entire club now finds themselves in.\u201d<\/p>\n
End of the Bloods culture?<\/p>\n
The scandal has legends questioning if the famed Bloods culture will ever be the same again.<\/p>\n
The club with the unofficial \u2018no dickheads\u2019 policy now faces a big task of rebuilding culture and deciding what happens beyond this season.<\/p>\n
Former skipper Kieran Jack expressed his \u201cdevastation\u201d as he criticised the culture at the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike so many people who love the Swans I am devastated, disappointed and very troubled by the actions that took place over the weekend,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy thoughts are with the women involved and I truly hope they are being supported.<\/p>\n
\u201cWearing red and white was one the proudest achievements of my life. It was a privilege to represent.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Bloods culture\u2019 is spoken about. This was built and maintained through a core pillar of respect.<\/p>\n
\u201cRespect for each other, respect for the club, your family, the opponent, supporters and importantly, community.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now this feels broken.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lack of respect for women cannot be tolerated.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a bystander is not an option. If you love the Swans, if you love footy, it is time to stand up.\u201d<\/p>\n
AFL legend Matthew Lloyd believes the Swans will look to cut ties with some, if not all, of the five players.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think it\u2019s a fair punishment too. To be thinking that after a game of footy, with finals only a few weeks away, that you go out to all hours and behave in that manner, I think they couldn\u2019t play another game of football this year and the club did what they had to do,\u201d Lloyd told the Today show on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of moving on players, yeah. I just think they\u2019ve lost so much respect.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be staggered if some of those players, if not all of them, are (not) moved on at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sydney premiership-winning coach John Longmire admitted the Swans\u2019 culture has \u201ctaken a big hit\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people, not just me but a lot of people, that have been involved in this club \u2026 for a long period of time have been really proud of that (culture),\u201d he said on Fox Footy on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe culture of the footy club, it\u2019s taken a big hit. It\u2019s taken a big hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll take time for everyone to rebuild the trust in the football club, and that\u2019s what everyone intends to do, to get to work and rebuild the trust in the football club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former AFL player Mitch Brown also spoke out on the current Sydney Swans scandal, calling out what he describes as a deeply entrenched \u201ctoxic\u201d culture across the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re only measured on your performance. And that\u2019s a sustained culture, it\u2019s always been like that. So what happens is you can win a premiership and still have this toxic off-field culture,\u201d Brown said on 2DayFM Breakfast on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat that does is embedded in (players) that you don\u2019t have to prioritise respect for women to win a premiership. You don\u2019t have to prioritise any of that stuff to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got it all wrong. And then things like this happen and they keep happening. It\u2019s just an example but it\u2019s happening everywhere, all around Australia and not just in professional settings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Potential walkout from Swans fans<\/p>\n
The club is also dealing with threats from fans that they could walk out of the ground following the AFLW game on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Swans men\u2019s team will face North Melbourne after the women\u2019s team take on Essendon in a double header and Sydney CEO Matthew Pavlich has urged members to continue to support both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep supporting us,\u201d Pavlich told Today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re sorry that we\u2019re putting you all through this\u201d<\/p>\n
Essendon legend urges men to \u2018do better\u2019<\/p>\n
Former Essendon captain Dyson Heppell has shared a social media video urging men to \u201cbe better\u201d and labelled the Swans scandal an \u201cimportant moment\u201d for all men to have a \u201cgood look\u201c at themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel I have to talk to the current situation for a quick minute now. Been around footy and sporting teams and that type of environment for a big part of my life,\u201d Heppell said via his Instagram account.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get it, I get the banter, I get the pressure, I get the expectations and I get the type of environment that can exist inside sporting teams. But there is one thing that should never, that should never be complicated and it\u2019s that women deserve to feel safe, that they deserve respect.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever the outcome of this current situation, I think it\u2019s an important moment for every man involved in sport or not to have a good look at himself. Being a footballer, being in a team, being with your mates, being drunk, carrying on after a win, none of these things change the responsibility we have to respect women.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a good bloke isn\u2019t just about how you treat your teammates, it\u2019s about how you treat women and especially when nobody is watching.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about recognising when someone is feeling uncomfortable, stepping in when your mate crosses the line. It\u2019s about having the courage to call out the behaviour that isn\u2019t right. Especially, when it is your mate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talk a lot about building cultures in footy and this is what culture looks like, it\u2019s not protecting your mates at all costs, it\u2019s not laughing something off or looking the other way, it\u2019s respect, it\u2019s accountability. It\u2019s doing the right thing when it matters.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the women and the girls who are out there in the football and general community, you deserve nothing less. Men have a responsibility to be better. We can\u2019t just say we respect women, we have to show it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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