Wallabies rugby star Kurtley Beale faces court over alleged rape in Bondi pub toilet

Suspended rugby star Kurtley Beale will stand trial in January accused of sexually assaulting a girl after an alleged incident at a Sydney pub.

The 34-year-old formally pleaded not responsible to at least one rely of sexual activity with out consent and two counts of sexual touching when he appeared in Downing Centre District Court docket on Friday.

An additional cost of inciting one other to sexually contact the alleged sufferer was withdrawn in June.

Beale, who’s on bail, is accused of sexually assaulting the 28-year-old girl on the Seashore Highway Lodge close to Bondi Seashore late at night time on December 17 final yr and early within the morning the next day.

An interim apprehended violence order in opposition to Beale is anticipated to return again earlier than the courts after the trial.

He didn’t remark outdoors courtroom on Friday, nevertheless he advised media in June he was devastated by the accusations.

‘I am not responsible. The allegation has been falsely (introduced) in opposition to me and the reality will come out,’ he mentioned.

The gifted Waratahs and Wallabies playmaker has 95 Australian caps.

He gained the 2011 John Eales medal for participant of the yr.

Due to the authorized proceedings Rugby Australia suspended Beale from all types of rugby in January, per week after he took half in a 44-man Wallabies coaching camp.

The fees noticed the rugby star suspended from all types of the sport, ruining his probabilities of representing his nation on the World Cup later this yr

Beale has made 95 appearances for the Wallabies – however his footy profession is now in jeopardy

Beale was anticipated to be given a recent lease of life beneath re-appointed Wallabies coach Eddie Jones after being omitted from Dave Rennie’s squad for the spring tour to Europe.

Beale final yr returned to Australia after a spell at French membership Racing 92 and in October he and spouse Maddi celebrated the beginning of their first son.

Jones has lengthy talked in glowing phrases of the veteran’s distinctive presents on the sector.

‘Kurtley is essentially the most splendidly gifted participant,” he has mentioned.

‘He does issues different gamers do not even dream of.’

He’ll subsequent be in courtroom on December 1 earlier than his trial on January 15, 2024.