Sri Lankan international cricketer charged with sexual assault | meganlevy
Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Detectives arrested Gunathilaka on Sunday morning over the alleged sexual assault of a 29-year-old woman in Rose Bay earlier this week.Police allege Gunathilaka, 31, and the woman were communicating for a number of days via an online dating app before they met in person. Police will allege in court that Gunathilaka then sexually assaulted the woman on the evening of November 2.He was taken to Sydney City Police Station and charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
The Sri Lankan national was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Bail Court via an audiovisual link today. Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup team, of which Gunathilaka was not a squad member, played their final match in the tournament in Sydney on Saturday night.
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