BJ completely innocent!

[Guest]

Just heard on the radio that BJ's case was thrown out of court due to lack of evidence, now he can have a full pre-season without distraction!

[SConcierge]

awwwww so that means we dont get to hang him! bummer lots of disappointed fans

[Rooster_6]

Well I don't know if that makes some completely innocent but good news, from what I heard they were always going to struggle to come up with a case against him.

[chook 56]

Well I don't know if that makes some completely innocent but good news, from what I heard they were always going to struggle to come up with a case against him.

Agree.
Not uncommon in this type of dispute.

Hope he learns from it all & gets on with playing the best footy of his life.

[Guest]

Well as far as the court is concerned he didn't have a case to answer & is therefore completely innocent in the eyes of the law!

[Guest]

Found guilty of the nude pictures and given a good behaviour bond. I wouldn't call that completley innocent. Pretty hard to find someone guilty when the complainant fails to show at court.

[chook 56]

Found guilty of the nude pictures and given a good behaviour bond. I wouldn't call that completley innocent. Pretty hard to find someone guilty when the complainant fails to show at court.

And this happens more times than not.

[Guest]

Good luck to BJ but his behaviour shows him to be something of a neanderthal - fancy sending the photo to the girls brother

As for the girl not even showing up to court, she should be penalised in some way for wasting court and police time

[horrie hastings]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...024-2858d.html

[Guest]

How is getting a one-year good behaviour bond being found completely innocent??..

I'm all for supporting our players,but what BJ did was a disgusting thing to do to someone..

The kid has got a lot of growing up to do..

[chook 56]

Good luck to BJ but his behaviour shows him to be something of a neanderthal - fancy sending the photo to the girls brother

As for the girl not even showing up to court, she should be penalised in some way for wasting court and police time

Another common complaint from the police. They do all the leg/paperwork to support the "victim" only to see most change their mind down the track. You can see why police get very disillusioned with some of these cases. Why would you bother?

[stephenj]

the police involved told me long ago this would not progress
lucky for bj the senior cop is a roosters fan

[ism22]

http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/lea...024-2858d.html

Sydney Roosters NRL player Joseph "BJ" Leilua has been given a one-year good behaviour bond for sending a naked photo of his ex-girlfriend to her brother and her best friend.
Earlier on today, Leilua was cleared of assaulting the woman at a South Sydney hotel.
However, Downing Centre Local Court magistrate Carolyn Barkell found Leilua guilty of using an iPhone in an offensive way.
Leilua had sent the naked photo of Cee-Jay Silbery to her brother and her best friend after he heard she was seeing another man.
The offence carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
Magistrate Barkell told the court the photograph was clearly offensive.
"The accused, angered at what he thought was his girlfriend's unfaithfulness, sent her brother and her best friend a photograph of her genitals in order to make her sad," she said.
"It was an extraordinary hurtful thing to her brother and her best friend."
Prosecutor Rick Mansley told the court the fact that Leilua had sent the photo to a family member made "it even worse".
"In my submission what you have in front of you is grossly offensive," he said.
Leilua was dealt with under Section 19B in relation to the charge, meaning there is no conviction recorded but the incident remains on his record.
He was ordered to pay $500 for his good behaviour bond and will return to court if the 12-month bond is broken.
Earlier, Magistrate Barkell dismissed six of seven charges against Leilua, including four assault charges and two charges of breaching an AVO.
The charges related to an alleged incident involving Ms Silbery and her friend at the Allawah Hotel in Sydney's southern suburbs on May 26 this year.
Ms Silbery failed to turn up to court on Wednesday despite being subpoenaed to give evidence about the assault.
Given her absence, prosecutor Rick Mansley conceded there was not sufficient evidence to convict Leilua over the alleged assaults against her or breaches of AVOs.

[Guest]

the police involved told me long ago this would not progress
lucky for bj the senior cop is a roosters fan

yeah?

doesn't sound like the prosecutor was onside

Prosecutor Rick Mansley told the court the fact that Leilua had sent the photo to a family member made "it even worse".

"In my submission what you have in front of you is grossly offensive," he said.

[ism22]

FWIW the article I posted made it clear he was found guilty of sending people nude photos of his ex. No conviction was recorded, but it's on file somewhere and he has to behave now.

Not guilty of assault or breaching an AVO. Good! I think the only claim was that he yelled at her and called her a wh*re when she approached him in a club, threatening to hurt him (which is an assault in itself.)

Oh well - shows there's some fairness in the court system.