Radiers star Jack Wighton seeks to bury CCTV footage of Civic assaults
Canberra Raiders star Jack Wighton will attempt to bury footage of him assaulting a number of men in Civic.
Wighton's defence team told a Canberra court on Friday that it would apply to have the CCTV footage of the February incident suppressed.
Defence barrister, Jason Moffett, argued Wighton, as a well known public figure, would be subject to significant extra-curial punishment if the footage were to be made public.
The fullback has been stood down from playing indefinitely after he last month pleaded guilty to charges of assault and public urination.
Wighton appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday to have a date set for sentence.
The court heard Wighton had been assessed as suitable to appear before the Galambany court for sentence.
The Galambany Court is a specialised court of Aboriginal offenders, within the ACT Magistrates Court.
The sentence has been set for a November.
Raiders chairman Allan Hawke has publicly pledged his support for the embattled fullback.
The Raiders board will meet tonight to determine Wighton's punishment.
It is understood the NRL integrity commission will then review the penalty, and could intervene to impose further sanctions if it considered the Raiders decision to be too lenient.
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