I am actually surprsied that someone recognised him to be honest
HUN website saying they have a taped interview with the woman and they wont be naming her
Very strange articel indeed
Here's the article:
Richmond Tiger Angus Graham slapped woman, according to claim
Stephen Drill
From: Herald Sun September 08, 2011 7:11AM
UPDATE 10.25am: THE Richmond Football Club is investigating a claim that ruckman Angus Graham slapped a woman across the face during Mad Monday celebrations.
The Herald Sun has spoken to a woman who was at the Turf Club bar in North Melbourne when the alleged incident occurred.
The woman, 21, who spoke to the Herald Sun in a face-to-face taped interview, claimed she was stunned at the Tíger's behaviour.
"I was just going to get a drink with a couple of my friends and I was standing like kinda (sic) in a big crowd and he turned around and looked at me, I looked back and he hit me on the cheek," she alleged.
"I was shocked and asked him "what are you doing?'' and he kept on telling me to "go all in" and I was like "what do you mean by going all in, what are you doing?"
He's like "you’re dumb, you’re dumb, go all in." I was like "are you trying to fight a girl right now because this is kind of ridiculous."
The alleged incident happened around midnight in the rear bar at the hotel.
The woman, whom the Herald Sun has chosen not to name, has not made a complaint to police or the hotel, but said she had spoken out because AFL players should not be able to get away with treating women so badly.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick had nothing to say on arrival at Punt Road this morning.
A relaxed-looking Hardwick declined to make a comment to media when he arrived just before 10am.
When asked if was concerned about the reports, he simply smiled and said "no".
A Turf Club Hotel manager said last night there could be CCTV footage of the incident.
He said he would talk to Richmond about releasing the tape if the club approached him.
It is understood that Richmond has spoken to Graham, who cannot remember anything of the incident.
The club was considering summoning him to the club to help with an investigation .
Richmond's general manager of football Craig Cameron said the club was taking the allegation seriously.
“We have not received a complaint, but this is a serious allegation that we are looking into,” he said.
Mad Monday is the first working day after the conclusion of the home and away season for the nine clubs not playing in finals.
It has been notorious for players binge-drinking and behaving in inappropriate ways.
Last year, AFL general manager of football operations Adrian Anderson said the league would speak to Collingwood after seeing footage of players drinking from a beer bong during their Mad Monday celebrations after winning the premiership.
"Let me just clarify, there is nothing wrong with getting dressed up and having fun but things like the beer bong is not a good look and not what we are after," he said then. The AFL was under pressure to ban Mad Mondays in 2008 because of the antics of Carlton's Brendan Fevola, who paraded outside a Melbourne bar in a nightie with a sex toy protruding from his pants.
Fevola was on a booze-fuelled outing with teammates when he arrived at Federation Square wearing a pink nightie with the sex toy strapped around his waist.
Video footage of the incident taken on a mobile phone was posted on YouTube.
In the same year, Melbourne's Ben Holland needed medical attention after being struck by teammate Nathan Carroll following a day-night Mad Monday drinking session.
- with Shannon Deery, The Australian
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/claims-richmond-tiger-angus-graham-slapped-woman/story-e6frf9ix-1226131855415
