Terry Campese bars media from fundraising event in Canberra

Embattled Monaro Labor candidate Terry Campese has barred media from a fundraising event at a pub in Canberra as he faces a scandal from footage shot at a ‘sex-themed’ party.

Terry Campese meets with NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns. Picture: Instagram

The team acting for under-fire Labor candidate for Monaro and former Raiders star Terry Campese’s team has refused entry to media at a fundraiser event held in Canberra.

The Monaro Social Fundraiser held at the Kingston Hotel on Wednesday evening went ahead to raise money for Mr Campese’s campaign despite the former footy star being embroiled in a scandal after footage of him at a raunchy sex-themed party was leaked.

When the Canberra Star approached the event to attend, his team denied journalists entry saying it was a “private function”.

This publication said it would buy a ticket to the event but they still refused entry.

The footage, revealed by The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, showed the Labor candidate partying with scantily-clad women whipping each other with sex toys and doing alcohol shots of each other’s bodies.

The party featured a “spanking station” and a “sex swing”. At one point a woman backs into a large dildo stuck to a wall.

The video also captures Mr Campese’s face on a woman’s breasts as she is sprawled on the floor.

The Labor Party received a complaint about the footage, but party leader Chris Minns said Campese’s behaviour was “distasteful” but “a private matter”.

The footage was taken before Campese’s candidacy.

“NSW Labor has reviewed the video and determined there is no further action required,” a Labor spokesperson said.

“It is a private matter for Terry Campese.”

Former Labor heavyweight Joel Fitzgibbons was seen departing the hotel prior to the event starting.