Rugby league: Jarryd Hayne s ex-teammate Tony Williams sacked for despicable response to sentence
7 May, 2021 05:00 AM
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Former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne jailed for five years and nine months for sexual assault. Video / ABC News
Former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne jailed for five years and nine months for sexual assault. Video / ABC News
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Jarryd Hayne s former Parramatta teammate Tony Williams has been sacked by his New York club after making appalling social media posts in response to Jarryd Hayne s sentencing on Thursday.
The ex-superstar of Australian sport will be jailed for at least three years and eight months without parole for sexually assaulting a woman in her Newcastle home in 2018. He was given a maximum sentence of five years and nine months.
03:35 EDT, 7 May 2021
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Father-of-one Mina Greiss has been identified by police as the man accused of spitting near a rape victim outside Jarryd Hayne s sentencing on Thursday. However, he may have been spitting toward news reporters, police said
The tattooed Jarryd Hayne supporter accused of spitting near a rape victim as she left court is a father-of-one who is on bail for a stalking offence.
Mina Greiss, 38, from Mount Druitt in Sydney s west, is the alleged grub accused of spitting toward the brave woman as she was escorted out of Newcastle court on Thursday evening.
The alleged incident came shortly after the young woman delivered a powerful victim impact statement in front of her famous rapist.
04:40 EDT, 7 May 2021
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A bewildered driver has told of his wild ride with Jarryd Hayne after the footballer rolled out of a pub and paid $100 for a lift to the police station.
Comedian and presenter Jon-Bernard Kairouz has provided a stunning insight into the one-time football star s jovial behaviour while he awaited trial on rape charges.
Mr Kairouz told Daily Mail Australia he was sitting in his car when Hayne burst out of the St George Hotel in Kingsgrove about 2pm one afternoon in October 2019.
Hayne, 33, asked the young man if he could drive him some 30km to Castle Hill Police Station where the footballer was required to report for bail.
Supporters of convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne have sparked chaos after he was sentenced In Newcastle, where one supporter spat at his victim as she left court.
A judge has said Jarryd Hayne was fully aware his victim was not consenting when she sentenced him to five years and nine months in jail for raping the young woman in her bedroom.
The former NRL superstar was distraught as Judge Helen Syme handed down the verdict on Thursday afternoon at a Newcastle court.
The 33-year-old will be eligible for parole in three years and eight months over the attack from the night of the 2018 NRL grand final.
Judge Syme on Thursday said the former Parramatta Eels captain refused to accept the verdict, shows no remorse and refuses to change his attitude towards sex or women .