Former Australia rugby league star and San Francisco 49er Jarryd Hayne was Thursday jailed for 5 years and 9 months over the sexual assault of a lady at her dwelling in 2018.
The 33-year-old — finest recognized exterior Australia for a short-lived try to interrupt into America’s NFL — was discovered responsible in March on two counts of intercourse with out consent.
He should serve at the least three years and eight months earlier than being eligible for parole.
Hayne was sentenced at a court docket in Newcastle, north of Sydney, after the decide heard the lady describe how the incident had modified her life.
“Yes I’m destroyed and broken however I’m nonetheless standing,” the 26-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said in a victim impact statement.
The pair met on social media and the woman reported that he attacked her at her home in Newcastle on the night of the National Rugby League grand final.
Former Parramatta Eels star Hayne insisted it was consensual, but District Court Judge Helen Syme disagreed.
“The reliability and honesty of the victim’s evidence was tested at length and in my view, her reliability was not in doubt. She said no several times,” Syme mentioned, in line with broadcaster ABC.
The Sydney-born Hayne was the NRL’s participant of the yr in 2009 and 2014, making greater than 20 appearances for New South Wales in State of Origin matches, which pit New South Wales towards Queensland.
He was capped 12 occasions by Australia and 4 by Fiji, the place his father comes from, in addition to representing Fiji in rugby sevens.
Hayne tried a profession within the NFL in 2015 as a kick returner and working again, however skilled solely fleeting success throughout a troublesome first season with the San Francisco 49ers.
He performed eight occasions for the 49ers, making 79 yards and scoring no touchdowns.
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