ANDREW Demetriou has denied that he "tipped off" Essendon or encouraged the club to self-report its supplements program before it was exposed by the Australian Crime Commission.
The AFL chief executive slammed as "simply untrue" a News Limited report on Thursday that said he spoke with Essendon chairman David Evans about the Bombers' alleged use of performance enhancing drugs, the night before the club self-reported to ASADA.
The Herald Sun reported allegations made by a witness to ASADA, stating Demetriou's call was made on February 4 during an emergency meeting between Bomber chiefs at Evans's Hawthorn home.
The allegation was subsequently refuted to ASADA, according to Demetriou, by three other witnesses.
Demetriou said he did speak to Evans the night before the club self-reported, but he didn't tip the club off because he did not know which club was under investigation.
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