00:02Joke Police have been investigating a report of a sexual assault at the Pullman Hotel linked
00:09to five Sydney Swans players in the early hours of Monday morning. After Roundley beating
00:15Essendon on Sunday night, the Swans players went on the town and then returned to the
00:21Pullman Hotel where they were joined by female adult entertainers. Multiple law enforcement
00:27sources have told us they understand an arrangement was reached in a hotel room for players to pay
00:33extra to take drugs, believed to be cocaine, from the women's breasts and buttocks. Now
00:39it's not clear how many or which players allegedly participated. These reports of alleged drug
00:45use come as police investigate an allegation of sexual assault which the ABC understands
00:50centres on a player allegedly touching one of the women without her consent. Now a sex
00:56crimes detectives have taken over the investigation and the ABC understands a formal statement has
01:03been made to the police. And Danny, yesterday Sydney Club officials were asked whether the
01:09players were drug tested but said it was a matter for police. Is it known if they have been?
01:14Well that's right and we don't know whether they have been because when asked about it,
01:19Swans chief Matthew Pavlich said it was a matter for police. But multiple law enforcement sources
01:25have told us that police didn't have the powers to drug test the players in this investigation.
01:33They've dismissed that claim and they say that the players are not doing an activity where
01:41it's illegal to be under the influence. One source was very explicit on that point. They said to say
01:47it's part of the police investigation. It's definitely not. They're just protecting themselves.
01:51Of course this follows the players apologising for their behaviour as part of a separate investigation
01:58from the club which has ended in season ending bans for all five.
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