- Former Brisbane Broncos star arrested on Wednesday
- I was in a trendy bar in Sydney’s financial district.
Former NRL radio broadcasting great Wendell Sailor is reported to be facing five charges after allegedly assaulting two people and intimidating another at a trendy Sydney bar on Wednesday night.
The 50-year-old was arrested by police at Pappy’s Bar in Sydney’s CBD at around 11am after customers called triple zero to report the alleged attacks.
Sailor was charged with two counts of common assault, one count of intimidating a person with intent to cause them fear of bodily harm, offensive behavior in public and remaining in the vicinity of licensed premises after being excluded.
A NSW Police spokesman said Sailor was taken to Day Street police station before being released on conditional bail.
Sailor said “nothing happened, buddy” when contacted about the assault allegations, according to news corporation.
The former Queensland and Wallabies star, who quit his radio job with Triple M from July, is also due to appear in court over an arrested violence order which was made against him by a woman, the publication reported.
He is due to appear at Downing Center Local Court on all five charges on November 28, with the AVO to appear at the same court on November 13.
New South Wales Police provided the following statement to Daily Mail Australia: “At approximately 11pm on Wednesday 6 November 2024, police were called to a licensed premises on Erskine Street, Sydney, following reports of an alleged assault.
Former Brisbane Broncos and Wallabies star Wendell Sailor (pictured) has been released on bail after being charged with five counts when he allegedly attacked two people in a Sydney bar.
The 50-year-old former football star was also reportedly served with an arrested violence order by a woman just days before the alleged assaults.
Police were called to trendy Pappy’s Bar (pictured) in Sydney’s CBD on Wednesday night when a customer called triple zero to report the alleged attacks.
‘Officers attached to Sydney City Police Area Command attended and were told that a 50-year-old man allegedly assaulted two people and intimidated a third.
“No injuries were reported.”
Sailor explained her surprising decision to leave her job at Triple M, which she had held since 2015, saying: “My main goal now is to spend more time with my children and pursue community interests.”
“My priority is to balance my career with family life, especially since I celebrate my 50th birthday this week.”
The former Kangaroos star said his “son and daughter need me around.”
In April, Sailor revealed her torment over the rape trial of her soccer star son, Tristan.
In 2020, New South Wales police charged the NRL’s young gun after a woman alleged she was so drunk she woke up naked with no memory of what happened after a night out in Sydney.
The soccer star was accused of having sex with the woman while she was unconscious or too drunk to give consent.
Sailor spoke about the torment she suffered when her son Tristan (pictured together outside court) was tried for rape.
He was declared innocent in March 2022.
The alleged incident came just two weeks after the Dragons released Sailor, and his father, who also played for the club in the twilight of his career, felt his son had been unfairly thrown out the door.
“Only his closest family understands what happened a few years ago,” Wendell said.
“At times I have shed tears over the journey he has been through.”
In June of this year it emerged that Wendell was facing a lawsuit from law firm Madison Marcus for allegedly unpaid legal fees of more than $100,000.
The firm defended Tristan against rape charges and the case was dropped in July.
