CONVICTUS (PART 1): Kurtley Beale found not guilty

[El Barto]

Wallabies rugby star Kurtley Beale has been found not guilty of putting his female cousin in a headlock and punching her four times in the head at a party in western Sydney.

Beale, 21, was charged with assaulting his 17-year-old cousin at a family party in Tregear on July 18, 2009.

He pleaded not guilty to one count of common assault.

In Mt Druitt Local Court on Monday, Magistrate Glenn Bartley found Beale not guilty.

Mr Bartley said he relied on the "credible" evidence of Beale's stepfather Bob Smith, who said he never saw Beale approach his cousin.

The cousin had received no injuries and had drunk beer and half a bottle of bourbon that night, the court heard.

Outside court, Beale said he was relieved by the outcome.

 

[Scarfman]

Great news for Kurtley. Let's hope Part 2 turns out as well.

 

[Moses]

Should I update the movie poster?

 

[RugbyFuture]

his family sounds classy....

 

[Lee Grant]

Great poster Moses

 

[Blue]

So is this a case of

a. someone made up the story to put him in a bad light or extort money out of him or
b. someone got paid to shut up

I just wonder how you can be accused of something as extreme as putting a 17 yr old femal in a headlock and walk out completely innocent? Pretty extreme.

 

[Blue]

Should I update the movie poster?

You could get rid of the bok jersey for good measure.

 

[en_force_er]

This is SOOO fishy.

 

[Moses]

You could get rid of the bok jersey for good measure.

But then it would look nothing like the original (which I've added to my post above)

On topic, I don't believe this incident should reflect badly on Kurtley. His cousin is clearly full of shit.
To receive 4 punches from a pro rugby player and not have a mark to show for it, while blind drunk, and have your own Dad (Kurtley's uncle) not corroborate your story in court, what a crock

 

[Gagger]

No evidence. Just bullshit. A pity.

 

[Langthorne]

But then it would look nothing like the original (which I've added to my post above)

On topic, I don't believe this incident should reflect badly on Kurtley. His cousin is clearly full of shit.
To receive 4 punches from a pro rugby player and not have a mark to show for it, while blind drunk, and have your own Dad (Kurtley's uncle) not corroborate your story in court, what a crock

Hang on a sec there - he is only a back, and they breed their women pretty tough out Mt Druitt way

 

[Blue]

Yeah I take the point but it still seems dodgy at best.

 

[El Barto]

Ouch, hard but fair.....Langthorne

 

[Tiger]

Sounds like the right result - I read somewhere that the cousin didn't even give evidence so all the police prosecutor had to go on was the original complaint. If that was the case, and with no evidence of injuries and both Beale and his step-father giving evidence that it didn't happen it's pretty hard to see how it could have ever come close to being guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

 

[chief]

Although I don't like to speculate, but what type of a girl files charges and the prosecutor goes through with them, and then someone gets involved. I don't like the sound of this one bit. There are 3 people in involved, one certainly lacks in the integrity department and that could even be KB (Kurtley Beale).

 

[JJJ]

IIRC this story broke very shortly after the QC (Quade Cooper) stink filled the headlines. Looked suspicious then and looks more suspicious now.

 

[topo]

No evidence. Just bullshit. A pity.

This is my understanding of it as well. I know that Kurtley himself and no one at the Waratahs was worried about this. From what I heard Kurtley was trying to stop a skirmish at a family function. The cousin was just trying it on in the hope that she might get some dollar to stay quiet. Kurtley wasn't having a bar of it.
QC (Quade Cooper), on the other hand, is in a bit more strife.

 

[#1 Tah]

This is my understanding of it as well. I know that Kurtley himself and no one at the Waratahs was worried about this. From what I heard Kurtley was trying to stop a skirmish at a family function. The cousin was just trying it on in the hope that she might get some dollar to stay quiet. Kurtley wasn't having a bar of it.
QC (Quade Cooper), on the other hand, is in a bit more strife.

Maybe that is why he is delaying any contract agreements?