It was revealed by Victoria Police on Wednesday<\/a> they have or will be speaking to three men \u201csolely as witnesses\u201d in relation to their investigation into the alleged sexual assault.<\/p>\nThe Swans issued a statement of their own insisting \u201cthe wellbeing of those impacted remains of paramount importance\u201d.<\/p>\n
And Cox has acknowledged the club needs to improve its standards.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe want to become a better football club. We always strive to be that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be an opportunity to work through what happened. From there it\u2019s about trying to make sure we can go forward in a better, more sustainable way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Four senior Swans staff members, including Cox, have provided statements to police.<\/p>\n
Head of football Leon Cameron, communications boss Tom Chadwick and head of wellbeing and development Brett Kirk gave statements to police.<\/p>\n
None of the four club officials were in the room when the women were there and alleged they were assaulted.<\/p>\n
It comes as Heeney deleted his Instagram account. He had 115,000 followers on the social media platform, but his account has been deactivated \u2014 an error message appears when attempting to view his profile.<\/p>\n
\u201cSorry, this page isn\u2019t available,\u201d the error message reads.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old\u2019s fiancee Steffanie Waters has travelled away from their Sydney home and headed to Noosa to escape the scandal. The couple got engaged in French Polynesia last October.<\/p>\n
The four other players still have active Instagram accounts but have not posted since the scandal.<\/p>\n
The five Swans players were ruled ineligible for selection in the AFL\u2019s All-Australian team and have also been banned from attending the Brownlow Medal on September 21.<\/p>\n
Heeney\u2019s sponsorship deals with Colgate and Telstra have been suspended, his children\u2019s book series has been pulled from shelves and he has been dropped from the kids\u2019 football camps program he helped start.<\/p>\n
Kmart has removed collectable bobbleheads of Sydney Swans stars, including Heeney and Warner, from sale.<\/p>\n
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