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2026-11-13 · CO

Australian footballers will not be charged after hotel incident, police say

Four top Australian Football League (AFL) players who were investigated in relation to an alleged sexual assault at a hotel in Melbourne earlier this year will not be charged, police have said. After a "thorough investigation and based on legal advice" police would not proceed with criminal charges due to "insufficient evidence", police said in a statement. Four Sydney Swans players - Isaac Heeney, James Jordon, Chad Warner and Nick Blakey, who now plays for North Melbourne - had been suspended for the rest of the season over the incident in August. The men previously denied wrongdoing but apologised for breaching club standards by inviting women back to the hotel after a game and drinking.

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