Veteran rugby player Beale charged with sexual assault

Published January 20, 2023 6:18 AM

SYDNEY (AP) — Veteran winger Kurtley Beale has been suspended by Rugby Australia after being charged with sexual assault from an incident in December. The 34-year-old Beale has played 95 tests for Australia after making his Wallabies debut in 2009. He recently returned to Australia after a stint in French rugby. New South Wales Police says it received a report that a 28-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at a “licensed premise” in Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 17. Beale took part in a 44-man Wallabies training camp on the Gold Coast in Queensland state last week. He recently returned to Australia and planned to play for the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby this season.

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