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Fagan hires top legal team ahead of AFL probe - CtrlF.XYZ

Fagan hires top legal team ahead of AFL probe

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Brisbane Lions manager Chris Fagan has hired a apical ineligible squad arsenic helium doubled down successful his denial of immoderate wrongdoing during his clip astatine Hawthorn.

Fagan has enlisted the assistance of Clayton Utz lawyers and barristers Liam Kelly KC and David Turner to enactment connected his behalf successful the impending AFL probe into humanities allegations of mistreatment of First Nations players astatine Hawthorn.

The 61-year-old released a 2nd connection successful which helium protested his innocence erstwhile again after doing truthful past week.

"I confirm, arsenic I said successful my earlier statement, that I deny, categorically, the allegations of wrongdoing by maine successful narration to First Nations players astatine the Hawthorn Football Club, and that I mean to support myself," helium said.

"I besides corroborate my volition to enactment afloat successful immoderate investigative process, provided that it is independent, just and impartial, and respects my close to beryllium heard.

"I await further accusation from the AFL."

The Brisbane Lions manager has besides received backing from some the nine itself and his captain, Dayne Zorko.

"Obviously I hold with the club's connection 100 per cent," Zorko told SENQ's Pat and Heals.

"We'll evidently wrapper our arms astir Fages and each the indigenous boys arsenic well, we're a truly large household nine and that's thing we've preached ever since Fages got to the club.

"He's been a cardinal unit and operator successful each of that. I can't truly remark connected that excessively overmuch but each I tin accidental is we've wrapped our arms astir everyone and got the afloat enactment of everyone astatine the club.

"We'll fto the process tally its people and hopefully it's each implicit and done with soon capable and Fages tin travel backmost and presume his relation astatine the club."

Fagan has been stood down from his presumption astatine Brisbane until the probe is concluded, with Alastair Clarkson delaying his commencement day astatine North Melbourne for the aforesaid reason. Clarkson besides denies immoderate wrongdoing.

Despite his caller accomplishment astatine North Melbourne, Clarkson has the steadfast backing of Kangaroos powerbrokers.

"I'm truly assured successful his broadside of the communicative and I'm definite we'll each get the accidental to perceive that done the AFL's process. I've been speaking with Alastair close done this," nine president Sonja Hood said connected Saturday anterior to the expansive final.

The AFL is yet to assemble the four-person sheet that volition behaviour the investigation, with league brag Gillon McLachlan adamant connected having a divers radical of individuals successful place.

The First Nations families who person made the allegations against the erstwhile Hawthorn employees are believed to person superior reservations astir taking portion successful the AFL probe arsenic they consciousness they've already told their communicative successful some the Hawthorn nine reappraisal and to ABC newsman Russell Jackson.

Fagan's connection comes aft the AFL Coaches' Association called connected the league to instal a erstwhile elder manager oregon authoritative who could supply discourse connected conversations betwixt coaches and players.

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