de Belin trial
Analysis
NRL 2024
No-fault stand-down policy isn’t perfect, but NRL has little alternative
You can argue the stand-down rules are neither an effective deterrent nor a fair punishment – but that’s not the point of them.
- by Darren Kane
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Analysis
NRL 2024
De Belin family’s fury after perjury charge
The Dragons star’s parents and sister have lashed out at the police who investigated his case.
- by Danny Weidler
Detective involved in Jack de Belin rape case under internal investigation
The Wollongong detective was strongly criticised for his conduct in the investigation but the District Court judge Andrew Haesler ultimately allowed the case to proceed.
- by Roy Masters
‘I didn’t do the wrong thing’: De Belin breaks three-year silence on sexual assault allegations
Jack de Belin on Wednesday fronted the media to answer questions about the sexual assault charges that were dropped by the DPP.
- by Michael Chammas
Two footballers, two trials, two hung juries: sexual consent laws in the spotlight
In sexual assault cases, establishing consent remains the most vexed issue of all – as shown at the trials involving high-profile NRL player Jack de Belin.
- by Greg Callaghan
‘It’s unfair’: De Belin’s lawyer unloads on NRL’s no-fault stand-down rule
A day after Dragons powerbrokers savaged the NRL’s no-fault stand-down rule, Jack de Belin’s lawyer has also taken the controversial policy to task.
- by Adrian Proszenko
‘Court proceedings are not run by the media’: Judge blasts leak of de Belin charges being dropped
A judge has asked how journalists were informed that the footballer’s sexual assault case would be withdrawn before a court was notified, telling lawyers that she is not pleased and noting court proceedings are not run by the media.
- by Georgina Mitchell
NSWRL to increase security for Jack de Belin’s weekend return
The Dragons forward will make his rugby league comeback at Lidcombe Oval as the NRL stood by their no-fault stand-down policy which kept him out of the game for more than two years.
- by Adam Pengilly, Christian Nicolussi and Angus Thompson
‘He’ll be back in NRL soon’: Mini pre-season readying de Belin for comeback
Knowing that a call on Jack de Belin’s playing future was imminent, the Dragons put him through a personal training program that could see him back in the NRL next Thursday.
- by Adrian Proszenko
‘I won’t quit’: Beattie says no-fault stand-down rule still right for NRL
The former Australian Rugby League Commission chairman drove the policy’s introduction. And he remains undeterred despite Jack de Belin’s charges being dropped.
- by Adam Pengilly and Adrian Proszenko
Opinion
Consent crisis
Would the new consent laws have led to a different outcome in the de Belin case?
For the complainant and advocates for rape victims, it will be yet more devastating proof of how difficult it is to bring a sexual assault allegation to a court conviction.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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