Defender Riley Bice has been revealed as the Swans player who allegedly organised and paid for women to come to the Pullman East Melbourne hotel last week.
It comes as fresh reports claim four Swans officials had given statements to police investigating an alleged sexual assault — and one of the five Sydney players stood down by the club for breaching behavioural standards had been dumped by the business he helped design.
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Sydney’s season last week spiralled into crisis, with a post-match celebration in Melbourne ultimately triggering a Victoria Police investigation and the dramatic standing down of five players: Bice, Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey and James Jordon.
The Swans-imposed suspensions were separate from a Victoria Police investigation into a sexual assault report on Monday last week at the Pullman East Melbourne hotel.
7News Melbourne journalist Tom Morris on Monday night reported Bice was the Swans player who “organised the topless waitresses to come to the Pullman Hotel, he’s the one who paid the topless waitresses to come to the hotel”.
“He was the younger teammate, the single teammate, who was given the responsibility of doing something that has ultimately blown up the club and potentially the careers of four teammates,” Morris reported on The Agenda Setters.
“I think he’s a young player that’s been put in a position by older teammates that should know a lot better.”
Kids football camp company, 5th Quarter Camps, on Monday confirmed it’d parted ways with Heeney.
“5th Quarter Camps is aware of a police investigation involving one of its shareholders, Isaac Heeney,” the business confirmed in a statement posted to its social media pages.
“Although the investigation remains ongoing and no charges have been laid, given the circumstances and the seriousness of the matter, we can confirm Isaac Heeney will no longer have any involvement in 5th Quarter Camps.
“5th Quarter Camps takes seriously its responsibility to families, communities and commercial partners. We are committed to providing an environment founded on safety and respect, and doing everything in our power to ensure the wellbeing and experience of every child and family attending our camps remains at the centre of what we do.”
“The business will continue to operate as planned, with all upcoming camps proceeding and our focus firmly remaining on delivering the high-quality experience our young footballers and their families expect from us.
“Given the ongoing investigation, 5th Quarter Camps will not be making any further comment at this time.”
It comes after Heeney’s Little Isaac Footy Fever book series was pulled from several shelves across the country, while Colgate has suspended its commercial partnership with the Swans player and Telstra had dropped him and Warner as brand ambassadors.
