{"id":859321,"date":"2026-08-18T06:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859321\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:28:14","slug":"off-limits-new-claims-in-sex-assault-probe-as-swans-stars-face-afl-sanction-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859321\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Off limits\u2019: New claims in sex assault probe as Swans stars face AFL sanction \u2014 LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh details around the sexual assault investigation engulfing the Sydney Swans have emerged with a woman reportedly claiming her personal boundaries were breached in the hotel room of one of the players.<\/p>\n

The Herald Sun reports <\/a>that a Swans player organised for at least two women to join the squad at their hotel in the early hours of Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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A group of more than half a dozen Swans players had been out for dinner and drinks prior.<\/p>\n

According to the report, a source said one of the women claimed their understanding of what was \u2018off limits\u2019 was breached\u201d in the hotel room of one of the players.<\/p>\n

It led to a commotion with the woman leaving before confronting staff in the hotel lobby.<\/p>\n

The Herald Sun reports onlookers allege they overheard the woman claiming to staff that she had been \u201cinappropriately touched\u201d.<\/p>\n

Fox Sports Australia does not suggest any of the players are under investigation or implicated in any wrongdoing, only that they have been spoken to by investigators.<\/p>\n

Victoria Police are investigating the alleged incident.<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Sydney and the AFL continue to work through the situation with latest reports suggesting players who were in attendance could be banned at least two weeks for conduct unbecoming.<\/p>\n

The club is also considering potential stand-downs<\/a> as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n

Follow all the latest developments, reaction and official updates in our live blog below.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t see the blog, tap here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh details around the sexual assault investigation engulfing the Sydney Swans have emerged with a woman reportedly claiming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-859321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859321","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=859321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}