{"id":229625,"date":"2025-10-21T09:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/229625\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:41:14","slug":"western-bulldogs-coach-luke-beveridge-targeted-in-alleged-100k-extortion-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/229625\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge targeted in alleged $100k extortion threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western Bulldogs<\/a> coach Luke Beveridge was the target of an alleged $100,000 extortion threat.<\/p>\n

According to court documents released to The Age<\/a>, Beveridge received a letter in late June demanding the six-figure sum.<\/p>\n

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Beveridge targeted in alleged extortion threat.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s alleged Brendon Berry, the son of late boxing trainer Leo Berry, threatened Beveridge in the letter, which demanded payment \u201cin a manner which a reasonable person would regard as menacing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The exact contents of the letter are unclear.<\/p>\n

The incident prompted the Bulldogs and the AFL to employ extra security for the coach in the Round 17 match against North Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\"BeveridgeBeveridge had extra security during the clash against North Melbourne. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n

Berry, 53, failed to attend court on Tuesday and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He also failed to appear in court on October 3 and 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t issue warrants ever lightly. We explore all possibilities as we should \u2026 and I think I\u2019ve exhausted all those possibilities,\u201d Magistrate Donna Bakos said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Beveridge was the third coach this year to be given extra security, as spotted by The Agenda Setters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The AFL integrity unit had previously beefed up its security of senior coaches after two separate threats to Michael Voss<\/a> and Simon Goodwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Collingwood member was given a five-year ban for a threat about Michael Voss that was sent to the MCG\u2019s anti-social text line in July<\/p>\n

Less than a month later, Goodwin was threatened by an anonymous X account online. The AFL integrity unit investigated the incident, but Goodwin chose not to take it further.<\/p>\n

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