Berry is charged with making an unwarranted demand for money with menace and using a postal service in a manner that could be regarded as menacing.
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The alleged threats and extortion plot against Beveridge follow unrelated threats made against Carlton coach Michael Voss and former Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin over the past season.
The AFL integrity unit responded by appointing security staff to accompany coaching staff during several matches.
Melbourne reported an online threat made against Goodwin to the AFL integrity unit following a loss to St Kilda on July 27.
A post from an anonymous account on X had included an image of a car in a car park and a caption which suggested the person responsible for the post was waiting for Goodwin after the game.
“Currently waiting outside Simon Goodwin’s car: Don’t fret fellow Melbourne fans you won’t need to worry any further,” the post read.
Goodwin supported the beefed-up security measures when he spoke to media a week later.
“The AFL are just taking all the precautions that they need, and I think that’s what we need in our game, and after last week, we just [put ourselves in the hands] of the AFL, and just a little bit extra [security] this week,” he told reporters.
On July 4, Voss was threatened by a Collingwood supporter, who left a text message on the MCG’s antisocial hotline service that referenced a “brutal end to his life”.
The threat was referred to the AFL by the MCG security team, while the Collingwood member was handed a five-year ban from all AFL and AFLW matches and all events held at the MCG.
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