Parramatta Eels hand Dylan Brown further $20k fine after pleading guilty to sexual touching charges
Eels star Dylan Brown has accepted his NRL ban after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual touching, but has been whacked with an extra punishment from Parramatta.
Parramatta five-eighth Dylan Brown has accepted his seven-match ban and fine from the NRL but is set to be slapped with an
additional sanction by the Eels on Tuesday as the club looks to send a message about the behaviour and standards they expect of their players.
This masthead understands that Brown will be fined at least $20,000 by the Eels, having pleaded
guilty to two counts of sexual touching in a Sydney court last week.
Brown had already been handed a long ban and a $40,000 fine – half of which was suspended – by the NRL after being charged by police following a boozy night out in Sydney’s eastern suburbs last month.
The Eels No.6 is due to return to the field in the run up to the finals but in the short term will be expected to undergo education as part of his rehabilitation.
Brown had five business days to respond to the NRL sanctions and it is understood the deadline passed on Monday afternoon, with the Kiwi international accepting the penalties from head office.
Brown is due to make his comeback for the Eels in their round 23 game against St George Illawarra, having already served three games on the sidelines when the NRL handed down their sanctions.
Brown was initially charged with five counts of sexual touching by police after lawyer David Newham told court that hia client had consumed between 15 to 20 drinks over a six-hour period on the night of the incident.
After Brown pleaded guilty to two charges, the court dropped three others. Brown, was stood down under the game’s no fault stand down policy, still faced an integrity unit investigation which resulted in a further ban and fine.
The Eels have now weighed in with a fine of their own as they look to close the book on the matter and switch their focus to making the finals and challenging for a premiership