Tew commits full support to rape investigation
26 Jun 2012
New Zealand rugby chief Steve Tew said they would assist the South African police’s investigation into a rape accusation levelled at a member of its U20s team in every way they could.
The player in question, whom the NZRU refused to name, had reportedly voluntarily offered blood samples, fingerprints and a statement before being allowed to leave. He and his room-mate are at the centre of the incident where a 22-year-old Cape Town woman claims to have been raped on Friday night after the Junior World Championship final. Tew said his information was the room-mate was not present at the time of the alleged incident. Furthermore claims that four men were present were completely unfounded.
Tew confirmed the player was with the woman and said he was ‘very upset’ at the allegation. He added the case is being taken ‘incredibly seriously’.
‘An allegation of rape is as serious as it gets so the team, both players and management cooperated fully with the authorities in South Africa,’ Tew told Radio New Zealand. ‘We did not leave South Africa until we had their permission to and if there’s any further assistance they require we’ll continue to cooperate fully.
‘I understand at least one player provided some DNA samples to police. It may have been two, it may have been his room-mate because that’s the obvious connection that was made.’
Although the woman had made the allegation, her statement was that she could not remember anything about the incident, including who the person involved was, according to information the NZRU had received from South African police.
Tew said advice would be sought if South African police needed to speak to players further.
‘We’ll have to work that through and we’ll take advice from our government, because these things become a little more complicated with international law but our cooperation will absolutely be there,’ he said.
‘We’ll certainly review the situation at some point in time but right now, our focus is on making sure the police in South Africa have all the information and assistance they require to make sure this investigation is concluded their way.
‘Clearly there are two sides that are very concerned about this and we need to make sure that they’re both able to draw a conclusion as quickly as possible.’
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26 Jun 2012, 13:53 pm
@bokke baiter(bokke baiter)-48: I doubt it. He saw enough action on Friday night, having his head continuously shoved up his ownass and all.
26 Jun 2012, 13:54 pm
@bokke baiter(bokke baiter)-48: no, doubt he…scary looking guy but as soft as they came, just stood swaying at the club and couldnt stop smiling the whole night….
26 Jun 2012, 13:54 pm
@grant10(grant100)-43: Keo’s premier ******** speaks
26 Jun 2012, 13:56 pm
That’s DH if you didn’t get it thickO
26 Jun 2012, 13:57 pm
@willievz(willievz)-38: all good Willie… as Charo alludes to, I am guilty of many wrong things on this blog, but then I am passionate about my country just as you guys are, and will defend it by any means necessary… if that means I hyave to stoop low, then I will… its not what Id prefer, but sometimes its the only way to get the point across..
I have always maintained I have a healthy respect for SA rugby, always will, but I wont sit back and see my country/team continually denigrated because they may be better then yours currently..
but you must admit, one comment from me seems to attract the worst SA bloggers, like moths to a flame.. so be it…
26 Jun 2012, 14:01 pm
Ireland were properly f…., maybe they should lay rape charge.
26 Jun 2012, 14:04 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-55: I am sure you like the attention.
26 Jun 2012, 14:04 pm
Here is Sheriff saying the girl was only going to there rooms at night, drunk to get a picture for here picture book. lol
**** me, that comment should be put amongst some of PDVs.
And now Sheriff with the gift of the likes of Sherlock holmes has said the guys is guilty.
Like the Crusaders with the eye gouging, they were guilty on here as well, what happened there again.
I suggest Sheriff you should leave the gut feeling out of it, as normally in most coubntries, a gut feeling is not guilty.
26 Jun 2012, 14:07 pm
Stop speculating and let’s wait for the investigation.
Lots of unnecesary stupid stuff being said.
26 Jun 2012, 14:07 pm
@willievz(willievz)-57: not really, Id like to talk rugby, but it seems I cant because my very name raises a red mist to the many on this site… that I take delight in, knowing that I get under their skin..
but then, how many lately have addressed me purely on rugby? not many, even yourself was quick to the why are you here comment, when I thought I had addressed Sheriff with a valid point..
anyways, work beckons, enjoy
i
26 Jun 2012, 14:07 pm
@grant10(grant100)-43:
You just wasted post # 43.
That could have been used for some one with a bit of smarts but alas you took away Post #43 too spread your dumb comment
26 Jun 2012, 14:08 pm
Obviously details are scetchy but just having seen how some girls are behaving after a game in places players goes after a match……… Lets hope the truth emerges and if this guy is guilty he should be moerred properly and same apllies to the girl.
26 Jun 2012, 14:08 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-59:
Spot on Fern.
Let the justice system sort everything out.
26 Jun 2012, 14:10 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-60: If you want to talk rugby then change your nic. You are quite right, no one takes you seriously here.
26 Jun 2012, 14:10 pm
Sheriff probably also believes the earth is flat.
26 Jun 2012, 14:11 pm
@Frenkly(FrenklyMuDeah)-56: No Vaseline there just straight to the poepper…….
26 Jun 2012, 14:13 pm
@willievz(willievz)-64: Some comments automatically lands you in the sh it bin. The way this place works…
26 Jun 2012, 14:16 pm
One of those many dronk Cape Spanish All-Blacks that were so prevalent in the stands in that final???
26 Jun 2012, 14:17 pm
@willievz(willievz)-64:
I am sure Poppa does not really care if you guys take him seriously or not.
This is just a rugby blog.
26 Jun 2012, 14:26 pm
My feeling is that this chick is after a moment of fame. She was hoping for a bigger tip and now she’s crying wolf, damaging the careers of very promising players.
I hope this case gets investigated properly, and if the players are found innocent, this girl should be made an example of.
26 Jun 2012, 14:28 pm
@Big Jack(Big Jack)-70: and if the players are guilty?
26 Jun 2012, 14:29 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-69: for anyone to go as far as posting their parent’s obituary on this blog, trust me they care
26 Jun 2012, 14:30 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-71:
Then they should face the music. You will notice that I said it is my “feeling”.
26 Jun 2012, 14:34 pm
@Big Jack(Big Jack)-73: ……..that tonight’s gonna be a good night?
26 Jun 2012, 14:36 pm
this thread is like honey for poppabee.
26 Jun 2012, 14:41 pm
@KWAGGA ROBERTSE(KWAGGA ROBERTSE)-74:
….that tonight’s gonna be a good-good night….
26 Jun 2012, 14:46 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-55:
Ko te hunga m?takitaki kei te warea noa iho ki ng? pekepeke, ki ng? p?karikari engari k?ore ng? taringa i te ?ta whakarongo ki ng? kupu.
26 Jun 2012, 14:56 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-75: A Parlotones-fan, Gunther?
Im surprised.
26 Jun 2012, 14:57 pm
Trans
cool. so continually mocking someone about their parents death less than a month after they’ve laid them to rest is more than acceptable? considering I’d asked the blogger to stop more than a few times?
was I being over sensitive? could it in any way contribute to my current blogging style?
thanks for pointing out that everything is open slather on this blog. good to know. can’t wait till someone else loses a parent. I am going to make jokes for weeks about it
thanks.
26 Jun 2012, 15:00 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-79:
I can relate to how you feel. I lost my Dad a few weeks ago.
I don’t know what happened and who is who in the keo saga, but losing a loved one is not something that should ever be used as ammunition.
26 Jun 2012, 15:00 pm
@Taahirah(Taahirah)-78:
is that the band with that shirtlifter who wears the clown makeup?
26 Jun 2012, 15:01 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-81:
That would be them!
26 Jun 2012, 15:02 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-81:
No, you’re confusing them with keo.co.za.
26 Jun 2012, 15:03 pm
@Taahirah(Taahirah)-82:
not a fan then.
sa music has gone downhill since the nudies broke up.
26 Jun 2012, 15:05 pm
@79
losing a parent is bad I know.
going t it for tat is not the solution
so if someone else loses a parent you will come out all guns blazing even tho they have never harmed you,you just want to “return serve”.
do not become like who you despise
may your healing be fast,tender and filled with good memories.
26 Jun 2012, 15:05 pm
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-77: I dont have that good an understanding of the language to my own shame..
26 Jun 2012, 15:07 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-84:
supergirl
great song
26 Jun 2012, 15:09 pm
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-85: kapai Fern.. no, I wouldnt be that despicable, just highlighting to Trans the state I was in at the time and why I did what I did..
if that makes me weak then so be it
26 Jun 2012, 15:12 pm
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-83:
that dude has more gunk on his face than langers after a bukkake party.
26 Jun 2012, 15:14 pm
whilst on the bukake subject
where is bod at?
26 Jun 2012, 15:25 pm
Is it harvest season?
26 Jun 2012, 15:26 pm
this from another blog
Cape Town – A woman who accused a New Zealand Under-20 rugby player of raping her was not drinking, national police said on Tuesday.
“I never said she was drinking,” Colonel Vish Naidoo said, following a report claiming the woman had told police she had been drinking.
“The woman had little or no recollection of what had happened. It is in keeping with a crime of that nature, it can be expected. We are offering her therapy.”
He also reiterated that only one player, and not four as some media reports suggested, was the subject of investigation.
Police were called to a Cape Town hotel on Saturday morning when a 22-year-old woman claimed one of the “Baby Blacks” had raped her. Forensic experts arrived on the scene soon after to scour for samples.
New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Steve Tew said in a report on Independent Online that one player, and possibly also a team-mate who was rooming with him, had provided DNA samples to police.
Naidoo refused to divulge any details of the investigation and said no charges had been laid.
so Fern, I may owe you an apology, she could very well have been drugged according to this report above…
26 Jun 2012, 15:28 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-79: calm down popps, where do i say mocking people’s parents is cool?
you clearly care what people on this blog, contrary to what hurricane said, your numerous “apologies” attest to it.
now get back to your work.
26 Jun 2012, 15:31 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-93: well, you can belive what you want, I did up to a point yes, but I am past that now… I realise it was futile of me to try and have civil conversations with uncivil people..
cheers
26 Jun 2012, 15:32 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-93: but well done, like a dog with a bone you have it all over me, I bow to your ultimately superior wit, intelligence and awesomeness..
I may have to put on my sunglasses, the glare from your obvious excellence is blinding, even all the way over here in Sid dy nee
26 Jun 2012, 15:36 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-92:
yip,
have read it too. its starting to look uglier and uglier atm.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/rugby-rape-accuser-was-not-drinking-1.1327697#.T-m585E3DbI
26 Jun 2012, 15:36 pm
transie stop waving your bone all over poops.
26 Jun 2012, 15:42 pm
Guys, if you read the police statement it doesn’t say that she wasn’t drinking. That’s what the Reporters have made of it.
The statement simply was “I never said she was drinking,” Colonel Vish Naidoo said, following an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report claiming the woman had told police she had been drinking.
He neither confirming nor denying anything. Basically all he’s saying is don’t put words in my mouth.
Since the investigation is at a sensitive stage I think it’s best not to speculate and to wait and see what comes out.
26 Jun 2012, 15:43 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-94: If you truly are constantly harassed by this awful xenophobic online mob, as you are so keen to point out, why don’t you simply pack your virtual bag and fck-off? It’s not like you’re a cyber refugee with nowhere else to go. Somewhere there must be a place for you.
26 Jun 2012, 15:43 pm
Nobody needs to apologise to me ever.
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