Alleged Blues sex-tape could become a police matter, says NSWRL boss
NSW Rugby League chief executive Dave Trodden has revealed the circulation of an explicit sex tape allegedly involving a Blues player could become a police matter.
While reiterating the player in question has confirmed he was not involved, Trodden said they would get to the bottom of the saga once they returned to Sydney after Origin I on Wednesday night.
"I think once the dust settles it may well become a police matter because disseminating that sort of stuff and making allegations about people who are not connected with it and inferring they are connected with it, that's very serious stuff," Trodden said outside Suncorp Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
"I would think it's the kind of stuff police may well have an opinion on. I'm really disappointed that sort of thing would happen to anybody. It's a pretty disgusting thing to do to anyone in any circumstance. You just wonder what motivates people to do that. Yeah, I'm angry about it, but I'm confident it won't have any impact on our team."
The Herald first reported on Monday how a video being circulated on social media allegedly involving a Blues player had threatened to sabotage their preparations for game one.
"The timing is interesting, isn't it?" said Trodden. "It's difficult to speculate about motivations, but there are people outside of the team who are dealing with it rather than the team itself.
"Once we get back to Sydney, people are pretty keen to go into the detail and investigate who might have been behind it and where it came from.''
Fittler immediately ruled out that any of his players were involved as the team touched down in Brisbane. The alleged player himself was briefed by Blues staff only to deny any involvement.
The video, which portrayed the alleged player in a sex act with a woman while in the company of another man, carried the tagline "dirty dawg".
Fittler and his players were not answering questions about the incident before their captain's run on Tuesday with Trodden nominated as the Blues spokesman.