Cairns Taipans guard Jackson Makoi, 24, was arrested at the team hotel on Saturday and has since been suspended from playing for the NBL club.
Cairns Taipans guard Jackson Makoi has denied assaulting and choking a woman in a domestic violence incident and will contest the allegations in court.
The 24-year-old was arrested at the team hotel on Saturday and has since been suspended from playing for the NBL club.Cairns Taipans player Jackon Makoi has pleaded not guilty to assaulting and choking a woman in 2023. The charges stem from an incident alleged to have occurred on November 11, 2023 in western Sydney while the guard was contracted to the
The Oxley Park resident, who is in court under the name Anyiarbany Makoi, will fight these accusations at a hearing on April 1."The club is taking these allegations very seriously and will provide no comment while the investigation is ongoing," the team said in a statement.Makoi's contract expires at the end of the season, leaving the 24-year-old's career in limbo.He received his first big break when he signed with the Kings as a development player in 2022.
Makoi played 15 games in the 2022-23 NBL season for the Kings during the club's championship-winning campaign, but he ruptured the ACL in his right knee before the finals.: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the
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