Jordan De Goey’s forcible touching charge dropped as friend Luke Dyson lives large in New York
Jordan De Goey may have had serious charges in his assault case dropped, but his Australian friend Luke Dyson appears to be lapping up New York City life.
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Collingwood superstar Jordan De Goey may have had serious charges in his assault case dropped, but his Australian friend Luke Dyson appears to be lapping up New York City life after they both got bail.
Dyson, an Australian tattoo artist, is still in the Big Apple where he has attended an NBA game between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.
He was filming the game and his friend, music artist Milo Musik, while court side which they both uploaded to Instagram.
De Goey did not appear to be at the game but his location is still unclear.
Reports have suggested he may return to Los Angeles or even Australia after he was charged, as he is only required to check in in weekly by phone under his bail conditions.
After the pair were released from a holding cell in Manhattan, Dyson was also seen filming himself while dangling his legs out of a helicopter as he took a chopper ride across the New York City skyline above Central Park.
It comes as the more serious charges against De Goey relating to an ugly incident in a New York nightclub have now been dropped.
The Collingwood midfielder had been charged with forcibly touching a 35-year-old woman in her “private areas” without her permission as she danced at a rooftop bar during a Halloween party on the weekend.
The matter could have led to jail time for the 25-year-old and a conviction in the US under the category of a sex crime.
But it is understood the woman no longer wanted to pursue the matter and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office dropped the charge for the indecent touching.
The DA’s office declined to comment; the NY Police Department also declined to comment referring all questions to the DA.
A criminal complaint seen by News Corp from the DA has confirmed the charges related to forcible touching no longer exists.
But De Goey is not quite out of hot water and still faces an assault and harassment charges related to the incident at the up-market rooftop Manhattan hotel party.
De Goey and Dyson were drinking and dancing when they approached the woman on the dancefloor.
When a 37-year-old male friend of the woman attempted to push the Aussie pair away he was allegedly punched “with a closed fist” and kicked by the AFL player. Dyson also allegedly assaulted the man with a glass to the face.
The shocking incident comes after De Goey’s working holiday went from major highs to a new low.
De Goey had been at the elite W Training Facility in southern California, where he was working closely with trainer Johnny Louch through his Monster Energy partnership.
The pair been doing intense off-season training together in the gym and took to the road on mountain bikes, where Louch was seen in one video telling his 32.9K followers that he and De Goey had made it up a hill in just 17 minutes.
Louch is seen on camera praising De Goey, saying “Look at this guy he’s a gladiator”.
De Goey then rides in front of him and Louch looks at the camera saying: “Well it’s not easy kid, but you gotta do what you gotta do to be the best. Let’s go.”
Both Australians are still expected to face a New York criminal court on December 8.
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Originally published as Jordan De Goey’s forcible touching charge dropped as friend Luke Dyson lives large in New York
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