A jail footy match involving convicted rapist and former NRL star Jarryd Hayne ended in horror when a player collapsed and stopped breathing on the pitch.
Disgraced NRL player Jarryd Hayne has spent an eye-watering sum on legal fees over three sexual assault trials - and now his financial woes have gone from bad to worse after he was swindled in jail
The 33-year-old was jailed for a maximum five years and nine months in May last year for allegedly raping a young woman in Newcastle in September 2018 on the night of the NRL Grand Final.
On Monday, Hayne won his last-ditch court hearing to have two rape convictions tossed aside. He will now face a retrial - subjecting his alleged victim to a third trial.
The former footy star continues to protest his innocence, months after he was jailed for a maximum five years and nine months for sexually assaulting a young woman in Newcastle in 2018.
The former NRL star has has enlisted the help of NSW Bar Association president Tim Game SC in a last ditch attempt to have his sexual assault conviction overturned.
The victim, a woman aged in her late 20s, is claiming damages for battery and assault in the NSW Supreme Court, after the disgraced ex-NRL star was convicted of sexual assault in March.
The 33-year-old is learning how to use a sewing machine after being transferred from the maximum security Parklea prison to Cooma Correctional Centre on May 26.