Bad news for footy star Wendell Sailor as he fronts court after allegedly assaulting two men during drunken rampage
Bad news for footy star Wendell Sailor as he fronts court after allegedly assaulting two men during drunken rampage
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Rugby great Wendell Sailor will contest allegations he assaulted two men during a drunken night out at an inner-city bar. The 50-year-old former Brisbane Broncos and Wallabies star pleaded not guilty to all charges against him during a brief hearing at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday.
![[Sailor is pictured with a cop (bottom right) in CCTV footage taken when police officers arrived to arrest him at a Sydney bar on November 6 last year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/01/91811973-14340497-image-a-45_1738199591987.jpg)
Police allege Sailor refused to leave the vicinity of a bar in the city centre after being refused service on the evening of November 6. During the incident, the former winger is accused of assaulting two men, one of whom he is also accused of intimidating.
![[There was a setback for Sailor (pictured playing for Brisbane) when his lawyer's claim that one of the charges was going to be withdrawn was shot down by the prosecution during a hearing in a Sydney court on Thursday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/01/91799921-14340497-image-a-46_1738199660090.jpg)
He has been charged with two counts of common assault, behaving in an offensive manner, refusing to leave a licensed premises and stalking or intimidation. Police had struggled to produce some key CCTV footage in relation to the matter, which had prompted the pleas, the court was told.
Dual international footy star Wendell Sailor (pictured) is facing charges of two counts of common assault, behaving in an offensive manner, refusing to leave a licensed premises and stalking or intimidation. Sailor is pictured with a cop (bottom right) in CCTV footage taken when police officers arrived to arrest him at a Sydney bar on November 6 last year.
There was a setback for Sailor (pictured playing for Brisbane) when his lawyer's claim that one of the charges was going to be withdrawn was shot down by the prosecution during a hearing in a Sydney court on Thursday. Sailor's lawyer, Adam Houda, previously told the court that investigators were intending to withdraw one of the assault charges, a suggestion that was shot down by the prosecution.
