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Posted May 6, 2004 - 5:20 AM
The Australian Newspaper reports the Australian Federal Police have helped US authorities investigate a previously undisclosed allegation of gang rape by Australian footballers.
A Los Angeles woman holidaying in Hawaii in 1999 complained to local police that she had been gang-raped by footballers from the Hawthorn AFL club.
Confirmation of the allegation comes after months of pressure on the football codes to crack down on players' off-field behaviour and a string of sexual assault allegations.
The AFP yesterday confirmed it had received a request for assistance from Honolulu police after the woman complained she was raped by four players.
"In October 1999 the AFP received a request for assistance via its post in Los Angeles from the Honolulu Police Department," an AFP spokeswoman said last night.
"The request related to an allegation of multiple rape made by an American woman who was holidaying in Hawaii at the same time as a Melbourne-based AFL club was on an end-of-season trip."
The spokeswoman said the AFP provided assistance, but said it would be inappropriate to comment further because the AFP was not the lead agency on the case.
