SYDNEY, NSW. — A new secret recording has emerged in the Sydney Swans Pullman scandal, VicNews can now reveal.
An approximate 20-minute recording featuring one of the ‘adult entertainers’ details her version of what happened inside the Swans hotel room at the Pullman Hotel, where she was allegedly sexually assaulted while performing lap dances for Swans players.
Two other adult entertainers also made claims of sexual assault to police.
It is the second recording believed to have been made in relation to the August 17 incident at the Pullman Hotel in East Melbourne.
The first recording was covertly taped by a man associated with the same adult entertainer in the hours after the allegations of sexual assault were made to police.
The recording was seized by police under warrant in early September after the Sydney Swans officials notified the AFL of its existence.
The AFL’s integrity unit, run by former police officer Tony Keane, passed the details on to sexual crime squad detectives.
The new recording, made about a fortnight after the incident, was voluntarily handed directly to police after they became aware of it.
The Swans and the AFL were unaware of its existence.
After feeling ill, it’s understood that one of the lap dancers left the hotel room after suffering a medical episode and – at some point – was handed a robe to wear.
The woman also allegedly rejected attempts for her to return inside the suite.
It’s also understood that one of the women performed a handstand and payment was made for a dancer to be slapped on the buttocks three times. It’s alleged a fourth slap occurred without her consent, outside their agreement.
VicNews was told on the morning of the incident that the so-called “Pullman Five” – Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, James Jordon and Riley Bice – vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
Sexual Crimes Squad investigators are treating Bice as a witness after clearing him of any wrongdoing.
The remaining four men are eagerly waiting to know whether they will be charged or cleared.
After one of the performers confronted Swans officials in the lobby, they were met by distinctive-looking men who discussed the alleged incident.
It is not known if police have spoken to the men.
Victoria Police did not respond to a request for comment.
