Chiefs scandal: Police want to speak to stripper
Chiefs scandal: Police want to speak to stripper
11:56 AM Friday Sep 9, 2016
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More allegations about what happened at the Chiefs' players function have emerged. Photo / File
Police want to interview the stripper at the centre of the Chiefs
end-of-year party scandal after fresh allegations emerged today.
A
spokeswoman confirmed given what had been reported today they would
again see if there was any information she wished to give police.
The woman involved, known as Scarlette, told Radio New Zealand of "a pack mentality'' among the players.
Radio
NZ interviewed Scarlette last month, but did not air the full
interview. The station has today released more of it, in which she made
further allegations.
Scarlette alleged one player touched her
vagina "multiple times with me telling him not to and eventually having
to fight him off". She continued, "that didn't deter him though - he
kept going.
"Then during all of that they just crowded in on me, real pack mentality kind of a thing."
She alleged the players tried to pull their penises out, "which I don't do".
"They
were throwing gravel at me during the time as well. I'd normally stop
just from that but I felt that I couldn't stop because I've been in
situations before where I've been held in rooms and a knife held to me
and I just didn't want this one to go that way.
"If you show your vulnerability they do attack it."
Police
today said they had twice approached the woman after she raised
concerns about the behaviour of players at the end-of-year rugby
function.
Continued below.
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At the time the woman was offered further
information and support by police. However, based on those discussions,
which included consideration of her wishes and the information available
to them, police were not able to take the matter further.
"Given
what has been reported in the media today we will again see if there is
any further information she wishes to provide for police to assess,"
said the spokeswoman.
The allegations made by Scarlette have rocked the nation and New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew last night admitted the scandal had not been appropriately dealt with.
His
comment followed the release of a letter signed by a group of prominent
New Zealand women that urged the game's administrators to tidy up their
act.
The open letter to New Zealand Rugby was signed by 25
women, including Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Dr Jackie
Blue and Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy.
Tew last night acknowledged "recent events show we have not got it right".
NZR
investigated claims that members of the Chiefs rugby team
inappropriately touched, licked and threw alcohol and gravel at at
Scarlette during "Mad Monday" celebrations after their season ended.
The players have been given a formal warning, which will sit as a "black mark" on their records.
The
inquiry concluded that although the performance was legal and
consensual, it was wrong for professional rugby teams to engage in such
events and said players had to take collective responsibility.
- NZ Herald