Parramatta star Dylan Brown admits touching woman’s breasts and will plead guilty to sexual assault
Footy star Dylan Brown admits touching a woman’s breasts as he prepares to plead guilty to an assault that saw him banned from every pub in Sydney’s suburbs
- Brown charged after incident in pub on June 3
- Appeared in Sydney Court on Wednesday
- Police dropped three counts of sexual assault
NRL star Dylan Brown will admit to sexually assaulting a woman at a popular Sydney hotel without her consent.
Parramatta Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown was in court at the Downing Center in Sydney on Wednesday morning over allegations that he touched a woman’s breast without her consent at the Golden Sheaf Hotel in Double Bay on June 3.
He was charged with five counts of sexually touching the woman without consent and was granted bail.
The 23-year-old entered the building shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, but did not enter the courtroom until two hours later.
Defense attorney David Newham told the court his client intended to plead guilty to two of the charges, while the remaining three charges will be dropped by police.
Brown (pictured outside court on Wednesday) will plead guilty to two counts of unauthorized sexual touching, while police drop three other counts
At an earlier court hearing, Mr Newham told the media that he had viewed CCTV footage of the alleged incident at Bondi police station.
“It doesn’t support the idea that Mr Brown approached this young woman five times and touched both of her breasts with both hands,” Mr Newham said.
“It doesn’t support that at the moment.”
Mr. Brown’s bail conditions prohibit him from entering licensed premises in the Double Bay area.
According to court documents, police allege Mr Brown touched the woman’s breasts between 11:19 pm and 11:20 pm on Saturday night.
Born in New Zealand, Mr Brown has made 95 appearances for the Eels since making his debut with the team in 2019 when he was just 18.
The Parramatta Eels star (pictured out of court) admitted to touching the woman on June 3 at a pub in the exclusive suburb of Double Bay in eastern Sydney.
Brown is not allowed to enter any licensed premises in Double Bay as part of his bail conditions
Once the news was made public, the NRL exercised their discretion under their ‘no fault’ stand-down policy to sideline Mr Brown.
“The Parramatta Eels have been informed by the NRL that Dylan Brown has been withdrawn from the squad as part of the NRL’s no-fault withdrawal policy in relation to last weekend’s (alleged) incident,” the club said in a statement at the time. .
“Dylan will not be eligible for selection until he is cleared by the NRL.
“Out of respect for the legal process now underway, the club will not be commenting further at this time.”