Explosive twist in Hawthorn saga as identities revealed

In an explosive twist to the Hawthorn racism allegations scandal, the players and families who assertion they experienced racism successful their clip astatine the nine person made their identities nationalist and said they are taking the substance to the Human Rights Commission.

On Friday afternoon, four-time Hawthorn premiership prima Cyril Rioli, his woman Shannyn Ahsam-Rioli, ex-Hawthorn players Carl Peterson and Jermaine Miller-Lewis, arsenic good arsenic the latter's woman Montanah Miller-Lewis, and erstwhile Hawks staffer Leon Egan removed their cloaks of anonymity arsenic they released a blistering connection summarising their allegations against Hawthorn.

The improvement comes 3 days aft the AFL closed its probe into allegations of racism against Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan and Jason Burt, with the governing assemblage announcing nary adverse findings.

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Former caput manager Clarkson, erstwhile adjunct manager Fagan and ex-welfare manager Burt person ever denied the allegations.

Hawthorn large Cyril Rioli. (Sebastian Costanzo/The Age)

"Open missive from Carl Peterson, Cyril Rioli, Shannyn Ahsam-Rioli, Jermaine and Montanah Miller-Lewis and Leon Egan," the connection read, earlier moving connected to summarise their allegations.

"We are immoderate of the Indigenous families who endured racism astatine the Hawthorn Football Club. We were separated from our families.

"We were told an unborn kid would ruin our futures. We were treated arsenic peculiar projects and power of our lives was taken from us.

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"We told our truths successful confidence, due to the fact that we believed that it would bring change. And due to the fact that we needed to heal and determination on. That assurance was betrayed.

"We ne'er asked for money. All we ever wanted was to beryllium with the coaches and officials we looked up to, and who had specified power implicit our lives and our futures, and marque them recognize what we heard.

"What interaction it had connected our lives. And to perceive to them archer america their ain truths – adjacent wherefore they thought they were helping us.

Alastair Clarkson successful his clip arsenic Hawthorn's caput coach. (Getty)

"And we are gutted that these alleged AFL relation models weren't prepared to perceive to our truths done mediation. We person ever had the courageousness to perceive to their truths too. That is our way.

"We were ne'er frightened of being named. We were ne'er frightened of what they would propulsion astatine us. We were disquieted astir impacts connected others. It doesn't alteration our truth.

"None of america deserved this nationalist shitshow – including them.

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"But they person made their choice, and we volition present bring them to a Human Rights Commission conciliation to perceive to the truths that they don't privation to hear. And if they inactive won't perceive and larn past it volition extremity up successful the national tribunal wherever we volition archer our truths successful the witnesser box. But they volition perceive america 1 mode oregon another.

"We besides judge that with the passing of clip that the Hawthorn Football Club volition admit that our suffering and symptom was real.

"We reached an statement with the AFL not retired of fear, but strength, due to the fact that the AFL yet apologised to each First Nations players for racism successful football.

Cyril Rioli pictured with Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett successful 2018. (Getty)

"They acknowledged our symptom and wounded erstwhile we were astatine Hawthorn. They made a legally binding committedness to america to combat racism successful football. And the crippled volition beryllium safer for each First Nations families due to the fact that of it.

"These blokes who changed the people of our lives person ne'er been exonerated by the AFL. The sheet ne'er made immoderate findings due to the fact that it was unopen down.

"We antecedently allowed these radical to usage their powerfulness to power our lives. It should ne'er hap again."

Clarkson, Fagan, Burt, Hawthorn nor the AFL person commented successful effect to the unfastened letter released by the erstwhile Hawthorn players and families.

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