Wallabies veteran Kurtley Beale was granted bail and ordered to give up his passport on Saturday after being charged over an alleged sexual assault at a Sydney pub final month.
The fullback, who has made 95 appearances for Australia and hoped to be a part of their squad for the World Cup in France this yr, was arrested on Friday.
He was charged with “two counts of sexually touch another person without consent, incite another to sexually touch them without consent and sexual intercourse without consent”, police stated.
Beale, 34, appeared at Parramatta Bail Court in Sydney by way of video hyperlink after spending the evening in a cell and was granted bail on a number of circumstances.
They included reporting to the police twice weekly, surrendering his passport and staying away from medication and alcohol.
Beale’s spouse, the mom of his new child baby, was reportedly within the courtroom. His lawyer was cited by the Sydney Daily Telegraph as telling the court docket his shopper supposed to plead not responsible.
Beale returned to Australia and the NSW Waratahs final yr after a stint with French Top 14 facet Racing 92 to maintain himself within the body to play for Australia at a fourth World Cup in September-October this yr.
After his arrest, Rugby Australia suspended him from “all forms of rugby with immediate effect pending the conclusion of legal proceedings, as well as Rugby Australia’s own investigations”.
“This step follows Mr Beale’s arrest and subsequent charge with serious criminal offences, and is in line with Rugby Australia’s Professional Player Code of Conduct,” the governing physique added.
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