Everitt under fire for twitter comments

6 Oct 2010, 9:37 am   -   Source: SBS staff and agencies
1 Comments
Share This
+ Comment
1
Commenting on his Twitter account the former St Kilda, Hawthorn and Sydney Swans ruckman was less than sympathetic over the person at the centre of the case. (AAP)

Commenting on his Twitter account the former St Kilda, Hawthorn and Sydney Swans ruckman was less than sympathetic over the person at the centre of the case. (AAP)

Former AFL player Peter Everitt is under fire for comments he made about the sexual assault allegations levelled against Collingwood players after their Grand Final win.

RELATED

Former AFL player Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt is under fire for comments he made about the sexual assault allegations levelled against Collingwood players after their Grand Final win against St Kilda.

Commenting on his Twitter account the former St Kilda, Hawthorn and Sydney Swans ruckman was less than sympathetic over the person at the centre of the case.

“Yet another alleged girl, making alleged allegations, after she awoke with an alleged hangover and I take it an alleged guilty conscience” Everitt said on Tuesday.

“Girls!! When will you learn! At 3am when you are blind drunk & you decide to go home with a guy ITS NOT FOR A CUP OF MILO! Allegedly......”

“I never said I support rape infact if u look I have never mentioned the word rape,” Everitt said.

Following the tweets, the AFL’s corporate affairs manager Brian Walsh labelled the comments as ignorant.

"The AFL takes the issue of respect and responsibility towards women very seriously.

"One thing I can say with certainty is that Everitt doesn't speak for the AFL and his ill-informed and irresponsible comments don't represent the views of the AFL.

Some twitter users supported Everitt against the backlash, including basketballer Andrew Bogut who tweeted to Everitt “careful mate u cant have a opinion these days.”

Everitt also found support from code traverser Karmichael Hunt, who said it was “SAD but TRUE!”

Melbourne 3AW radio host Neil Mitchell was damning of the comments labelling them juvenille.

“That is just an outrageous, ridiculous, juvenile, offensive attitude to be spreading via Twitter or anywhere else,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell’s comments angered the two time best and fairest player calling Mitchell's assertions laughable.

“Neil Mitchell has taken poetic licence to interpret my words to mean I support matters regarding sexual offences in favour of the perpertrator.[sic]”

“This is so far from the truth it is laughable. I can not and will not ever support female abuse in any manner or form my comments are solely aimed at warning females of the danger of being drunk or under the influence of drugs.”

“I do not condone any actions that lead to or may lead to a sexual offence being committed,” Everitt said.

Everitt is one of many sports people who have come under criticism for their comments on the social media site.
 

  • Follow us: 
  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Follow us on Youtube

Your Comments

zzzzzz

j - from town, 2 years ago

zzzzzzzzzz

Join the Discussion

Name
City / Suburb E.g. Artarmon, Sydney
Title
Comment
You have characters remaining.
Validation
What's this?
This is a captcha-picture. It is used to prevent mass-access by robots.
All submitted comments become the property of SBS. They are moderated, so we reserve the right to edit comments and remove HTML tags. Not all submitted comments will be published. Publication does not mean we endorse the opinions expressed. Please read our terms and conditions for more information.