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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: DCrane on September 03, 2013, 12:13:17 AM
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Saints probe claims player set fire to dwarf
By Mark Macgugan10:40pm AEST Monday, September 2, 2013
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Performer Blake Johnston was allegedly set on fire by a St Kilda player on Monday. Photo: www.dwarfmyparty.com
ST KILDA is investigating an allegation that one of its players set a dwarf performer on fire during 'Mad Monday' celebrations at a South Melbourne hotel.
Channel Nine's Footy Classified reported that the Saints booked two dwarf performers – Blake Johnston and Arthur Penn Serevetas – as entertainment during their end of season drinks on Monday afternoon.
A group of players allegedly began attempting to light each other's clothes on fire as a prank, before one – who has not been named – turned his attention to Johnston.
The performer was quickly helped by other players and was not physically hurt, but left the function in a distressed state.
Contacted by AFL.com.au on Monday night, a St Kilda spokesperson said: "The club is investigating and is unable to add anything further at this time."
Serevetas told Footy Classified he viewed the St Kilda player's actions as criminal, and had advised his colleague to take action.
"A player went behind my friend, got one of those gas lighters that you use to light up a stove, and basically lit him up," Serevetas said.
"Part of his shirt and pants caught on fire, and after that someone put it out, and he got ticked off, and we left – that was the end of our gig.
"I said to him after the gig that in my opinion he should pursue it.
"I think he should get compensated, at least for his shirt and pants.
"I told him to make sure his skin didn't get burnt or anything like that.
"In my line of work, we do things that cross a certain line or boundary, but this is beyond – it ventures into criminal kind of stuff."
It was reported that Johnston – who is also a wrestler – has pulled out of an upcoming engagement with Professional Championship Wrestling as a result of the incident.
"He's a performer who relies on his self-esteem and confidence to be able to perform at events like this," a Professional Championship Wrestling spokesperson told the program.
"Tonight he's feeling very miserable and spending time with friends.
"He's very distressed.
"The players around him immediately helped to put the fire out and definitely weren't happy with what happened.
"Blake was humiliated and left immediately.
"He was lit on fire on the lower back from behind and had no idea of it until feeling it."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-02/dwarfs-clothes-lit-up-by-saint
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It was an accident, they thought it was Milney!
As a peace offering the saints could offer Milne and Schneider to work a few shifts for the Dwarf my party organisation and donate the proceeds to a dwarf charity.
"Blake was humiliated and left immediately"
It wasn't until after they set fire to him that he felt humiliated?
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It wasn't until after they set fire to him that he felt humiliated?
You saying there's something wrong with being a dwarf. Had a good experience with these dwarf entertainers. Enjoy a good time and are very friendly and love what they do
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You saying there's something wrong with being a dwarf.
No I'm not saying that at all. What I am suggesting is that if there was a situation where someone thought it was OK to set fire to a dwarf, so there was obviously a lack of respect for him as a performer in the room in the first place.
Had a good experience with these dwarf entertainers.
Each to their own!
Enjoy a good time and are very friendly and love what they do
fair enough, I've never seen the show (and never would) so can't comment
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Get on it they are quite good :thumbsup
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Only at St Kilda could something like this happen. Apparently lighting each other on fire with an igniter is something their players 'do' :huh.
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trying to set each other on fire?
lmao.
it seems not much has changed since they sacked Mal Blight for trying to change the culture at St Kilda.
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I think the StKilda players got "The Doors" mixed up with "The Dwarf's"
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:clapping
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This thread is a bit short on jokes
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Very little entertainment value here
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You blokes are on fire.
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Terrible. All of you.
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