Beale banned from rugby after alleged sexual assault

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Kurtley Beale has been suspended from each forms of rugby with contiguous effect aft being charged connected Friday, pursuing an probe into an alleged intersexual assault successful Sydney's eastbound past December.

The 33-year-old was arrested arsenic helium near grooming with the NSW Waratahs, with constabulary stopping his car connected Rainbow Street, Kingsford, astir 2.30pm.

Rugby Australia confirmed Beale's suspension successful a associated connection alongside the NSW Waratahs connected Friday night.

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"Rugby Australia and the NSW Waratahs counsel that Kurtley Beale has been suspended from each forms of Rugby with contiguous effect pending the decision of ineligible proceedings, arsenic good arsenic Rugby Australia's ain investigations," the connection read.

"This measurement follows Mr Beale's apprehension and consequent complaint with superior transgression offences, and is successful enactment with Rugby Australia's Professional Player Code of Conduct. The Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA) has been informed of this development.

"As this remains a ineligible matter, determination volition beryllium nary further remark until the decision of these proceedings."

After being stopped connected Friday afternoon, Beale was taken to Waverley Police Station wherever helium was charged with 2 counts of sexually interaction different idiosyncratic without consent, incite different to sexually interaction them without consent and intersexual intercourse without consent. He was refused bail and volition look earlier Parramatta Bail Court tomorrow.

Beale is 1 of Australian rugby's highest-profile players of the past decade. He made his planetary debut for the Wallabies successful 2009, and has since earned much than 90 Test caps.

He was portion of the Waratahs' Super Rugby-winning squad successful 2014 and represented the Wallabies astatine 3 Rugby World Cups - 2011, 2015 and 2019.

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