Jordan De Goey’s training partner speaks out and defends him
De Goey’s training partner has said the forcible touching charge from his alleged NYC nightclub assault case “should never have been there” and Collingwood should be ashamed.
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Jordan De Goey’s training partner Peter Adderton has said he knows the “real story” behind why a forcible touching charge against the Collingwood star was dropped and the club should be “ashamed” for rushing to judgment.
The Boost Mobile founder returned to Australia after riding with De Goey in the United States, while the midfielder returned to training in California with W Training Facility owner Johnny Louch.
Adderton was pictured in riding gear with De Goey in an image posted online by Louch in the days before the football star’s New York arrest.
Adderton has spent the past week launching a fierce defence of De Goey with stinging comments against Collingwood leadership trying to protect themselves and the media chasing a headline.
He said the club should be “ashamed” of themselves for suspending De Goey indefinitely before looking at the facts.
“The charge should never have been there in the first place, and when real story comes out lot of the media will have egg on there faces, and @collingwood_fc leadership should have waited before taking action,” Adderton said in an Instagram post after the forcible touching charge was dropped.
In an earlier post, Adderton wrote he spent the past month getting to know De Goey and that “some of the stories I am seeing are simply not true and the truth is not even close to the stories I am reading.”
“There is way more to this than people know,” he said in follow-up comments.
Police originally charged De Goey and his Aussie mate Luke Dyson with groping a woman during a wild Halloween party in the early hours of October 30, but prosecutors dropped the charge by the time they faced New York Criminal Court.
De Goey returned to California after he was released on bail without any restrictions on travel. His case is scheduled to come before the court again on December 8, but he may not be required to attend in person.
While De Goey has remained silent, News Corp understands a statement is expected to be released within days.
Adderton, meanwhile, has been commenting voraciously since the arrest with images posted suggesting he the 25-year-old is being judged in a “trial by media” and that “stronger people stand up for others”.
“They [club leadership] all should be ashamed this is a kids career and life the least you can do is hear the facts and evidence first before taking action but they only care about how they could look…” he wrote on Instagram.
“The @jordydegoey case has once again proven that the media are out of control for the rush of a headline and then they worry about the facts and truth later, no evidence, no CCTV, no eye witnesses, no hearing from the other side, the ones who should be put on trail for this are the very Media themselves, followed by the Snr decision makers at @collingwood_fc for there rush to judgment,” he added.
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