NRL: CCTV footage from the evening Jack Wighton and Latrell Mitchell were arrested by police has been released.
Raiders chief executive Don Furner has revealed the ACT Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions wanted Jack Wighton to issue a public apology and plead guilty before all charges were dropped.obtained a letter sent by the DPP to Furner in June which explained that if Wighton apologised he would be given a more lenient sentence.
Mitchell was charged with affray, fighting in a public place and resisting a territory official while Wighton was charged with fighting in a public place and failing to comply with an exclusion direction.In court on Wednesday all charges were dropped against Wighton and now Rabbitohs teammate Mitchell, following an admission from the most senior officer involved, Sergeant David Power.
“We wanted to know if something had happened off camera. We take player misbehaviour seriously and wanted to get to the bottom of the matter.
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