In the hours after a celebrated victory at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, several Sydney Swans players found themselves referred to police over an alleged sexual assault at an East Melbourne hotel — a reminder that sporting triumph and human failing can occupy the same night. The club's chief executive, Matthew Pavlich, appeared before the press on Monday with carefully measured words and very few answers, constrained by an active Victoria Police investigation that has yet to establish the full circumstances. For a league that has navigated player-conduct scandals before, the silence from both
Sydney Swans players referred to police over alleged sexual assault
An alleged sexual assault victim was involved in the incident at the hotel in East Melbourne.