{"id":599439,"date":"2026-11-13T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=599439"},"modified":"2026-11-13T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:52:54","slug":"four-sydney-swans-players-set-to-be-cleared-after-sexual-assault-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=599439","title":{"rendered":"Four Sydney Swans Players Set to Be Cleared After Sexual Assault Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Victoria Police are expected to clear four Sydney Swans players following a three-month investigation into allegations of sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chad Warner, Isaac Heeney, James Jordon and Nick Blakey are understood to face no criminal charges following the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The probe began on August 17 after allegations emerged that exotic dancers hired by the AFL players had been assaulted in the early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police received complaints that women had been inappropriately touched and slapped by men at Melbourne’s Pullman Hotel,<\/a> where the players were staying after the Swans’ victory over Essendon at the MCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While police have not publicly confirmed the specific details of the allegations, one woman is believed to have claimed she was slapped on the buttocks four times but was paid for only three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five players, including Riley Bice, were stood down by the Swans for the remainder of the 2026 AFL season over breaches of club standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bice was subsequently cleared by police and treated only as a witness in the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warner, Heeney, Jordon and Blakey have consistently maintained their innocence since the allegations first emerged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warner, Heeney, Jordon and Blakey have consistently maintained their innocence since the allegations first emerged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":219751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10578,35],"tags":[993,20991,16777],"class_list":["post-599439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afl","category-breaking-news","tag-melbourne","tag-pullman-5","tag-sydney-swans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t