Here are the key points of what is alleged in the statement of claim lodged in the Federal Court against the Hawthorn Football Club...
A statement of claim lodged in the Federal Court – which includes Hawthorn great Cyril Rioli, his wife, Shannyn Ah Sam-Rioli, his ex-teammates Carl Peterson and Jermaine Miller-Lewis, and Indigenous ex-official Leon Egan and the partner of another former player – alleges that, due to “unlawful discrimination” by Hawthorn, the players suffered “distress”, “psychological harm” and “personal harm”.Cyril Rioli and his wife, Shannyn Ah Sam-Rioli.
The claim said that in April 2016, Ah Sam-Rioli took her husband’s nephew, aged 13 or 14, to the players’ rooms, where a Hawthorn staffer asked to see their wristbands and said to the boy, “now you behave yourself when you go in there”. Carl Peterson played 17 senior games for the Hawks across 2009 and 2010. He was drafted by Richmond in 2006 but never played for the club at AFL level.January to June 2009, he resided part of the time at a host family house and part of the time at his partner Nikita Rotumah’s house in Heidelberg
Said, in October 2009, that he and Rotumah resumed their relationship and that she did not terminate the pregnancy.Hawthorn’s former Indigenous manager Leon Egan played under-19s football in 1988 with the Hawks.Said he was not included in decision-making about the Indigenous players, in respect of whom he was engaged and employed to advise and mentor.
From Perth, he was rookie listed in November 2014. His partner was due to have a baby in January, 2015.
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