{"id":547481,"date":"2026-03-18T02:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547481\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:46:17","slug":"ex-nrl-star-curtis-scott-makes-shock-concussion-claim-granted-bail-after-alleged-sydney-cbd-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547481\/","title":{"rendered":"EX-NRL star Curtis Scott makes shock concussion claim, granted bail after alleged Sydney CBD assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curtis Scott has told a court that he did not receive the right care for a previous concussion in Las Vegas as the former NRL star fought to be released on bail following an alleged fight in Sydney\u2019s CBD.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The alleged brawl left a young man hospitalised, with Mr Scott\u2019s lawyer Paul McGirr telling a court that his client had his \u201ccome to Jesus moment\u201d after spending a night behind bars.<\/p>\n

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Mr Scott was arrested on Tuesday and denied bail over an alleged fight that left an 18-year-old in hospital with facial injuries on Saturday night at Moore Park in Sydney\u2019s east.<\/p>\n

Police say the alleged victim had been involved in an argument with Mr Scott and his mother, both of whom were not known to him, before the alleged assault.<\/p>\n

The former Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders star was arrested on Tuesday and denied bail, with Mr McGirr on Wednesday claiming this had been a wake-up call for his client.<\/p>\n

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Curtis Scott is accused of assaulting an 18-yer-old following an argument. Picture: John AppleyardSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

\u201cWe conceded they\u2019re serious matters, certainly members of the public were very fearful of their behaviour,\u201d Mr McGirr said during a bail hearing on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe, without saying whether my client\u2019s guilty of anything or not guilty \u2026 he\u2019s had his come to Jesus moment having spent a night in custody. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe needs to get some help \u2026 (He is) prepared to get help.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr McGirr also indicated that he wanted Mr Scott to be tested for a possible brain injury after suffering \u201cone of the worst concussions\u201d that he was aware ofwhile playing for United Sporting Club in the Las Vegas 9s last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe he got the right care and attention that he should have, but that will be part of what I want to happen moving down the track,\u201d Mr McGirr said.<\/p>\n

Mr Scott was handcuffed while he appeared in court via an audiovisual link, listening as the magistrate called the charges \u201cserious and violent\u201d before he was ultimately granted conditional bail.<\/p>\n

Mr Scott was arrested on Tuesday. Picture: NewsWire \/ Nikki ShortSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

He will be subject to a 10pm to 6am curfew and is not to enter the Sydney Cricket Ground as part of the conditions.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old man was taken to hospital for further treatment of facial injuries following the alleged incident, while Mr Scott allegedly assaulted a police officer and left the scene after police tried to speak with him on a tram at Moore Park Light Rail Station.<\/p>\n

Mr Scott is facing charges of affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault police officer in execution of duty without actual bodily harm.<\/p>\n

His 55-year-old mother was also charged with common assault and hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty. She was granted bail to front court in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Curtis Scott has told a court that he did not receive the right care for a previous concussion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[270984,2095,270992,64,63,689,270987,4532,270989,270981,187806,270993,33680,270985,4552,131341,2623,4466,270990,761,762,2627,673,2041,2067,158,677,4585,107934,7978,270988,3232,270983,270986,270982,85,183312,670,270991,2614],"class_list":["post-547481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-alleged-fight","tag-america","tag-appeal-hearing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-bail-bid","tag-canberra-raiders","tag-career-suicide","tag-concussion-claim","tag-curtis-scott","tag-denied-bail","tag-facial-injuries","tag-granted-bail","tag-jake-trbojevic","tag-john-appleyard","tag-las-vegas","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-moore-park-light-rail-station","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nevada","tag-new-south-wales","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-panel-debate","tag-paul-mcgirr","tag-police-officer","tag-possible-brain-injury","tag-reality-check","tag-resist-police-officer","tag-right-care","tag-shock-concussion-claim","tag-sports","tag-swing-axe","tag-sydney","tag-united-sporting-club","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547481","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=547481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}