{"id":541274,"date":"2026-03-15T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541274\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:22:09","slug":"former-nrl-player-chris-walker-arrested-on-gold-coast-in-alleged-domestic-violence-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/541274\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NRL player Chris Walker arrested on Gold Coast in alleged domestic violence case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Former NRL and Queensland State of Origin player Chris Walker has been arrested on the Gold Coast in relation to alleged domestic violence offences, Queensland Police have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 46-year-old was taken into custody on Saturday night after police were tipped off that a man wanted for alleged domestic violence offences was &#8220;hiding in a backyard&#8221; in Currumbin Waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police attended an address shortly after receiving the information and located him there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">No charges have been laid at this time, and police say Walker is assisting with ongoing inquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Walker, a Brisbane-born athlete, is a well-known figure in Australian rugby league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He represented Queensland in State of Origin and played for multiple clubs, including the Brisbane Broncos, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters, Melbourne Storm, Gold Coast Titans, and Parramatta Eels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police have not released any additional details about the alleged offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Domestic violence remains a serious issue in Queensland, with police encouraging anyone affected to seek support or report incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Organisations such as <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/1800respect.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1800RESPECT<\/a> provide confidential counselling and assistance for those experiencing or at risk of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NRL and Queensland State of Origin player Chris Walker has been arrested on the Gold Coast in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[45387,64,63,268047,39043,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-541274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-arrest","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chris-walker","tag-domestic-violence","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}