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.
Premium Content Convicted sex offender and fallen NRL star Jarryd Hayne has launched an appeal against his rape conviction. The 33-year-old was sentenced on Thursday to five years and nine months in prison by District Court Judge Helen Syme after being found guilty of two charges of sexual assault. A jury found him guilty of two counts of sexual assault of a then 26-year-old woman inside her Newcastle home in September, 2018. After a jury in March found him guilty, Hayne flagged his intention to appeal his conviction. "I'll definitely appeal," he said at the time. During a sentencing hearing at the Newcastle District Court on Thursday, Hayne continued to profess his innocence.
Jarryd Hayne will spend at least three years and eight months in jail. (file pic)
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A jury in March found Hayne guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault which the victim said left her feeling "dirty, scared and ashamed".
Hayne must serve a minimum of three years and eight months.
In handing down her sentence, District Court Judge Helen Syme said she found that Hayne was fully aware that the victim was not consenting and went ahead anyway.
"The reliability and honesty of the victim's evidence was tested at length and in my view, her reliability was not in doubt. She said no several times," Judge Syme said.
Rugby league star Hayne to spend nearly 4 years in jail Former football player Jarryd Hayne arrives at court in Newcastle, Australia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Hayne, a rugby league star who also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018. (Darren Pateman/AAP Image via AP) Associated Press
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SYDNEY -- Jarryd Hayne, a rugby league star who also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018.
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Former football player Jarryd Hayne arrives at court in Newcastle, Australia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Hayne, a rugby league star who also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018. (Darren Pateman/AAP Image via AP)
SYDNEY, Australia – Jarryd Hayne, a rugby league star who also played briefly in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018.
May 6, 2021 / 04:43 AM EST
SYDNEY (AP) — Jarryd Hayne, a rugby league star who also played briefly in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018.
Hayne was found guilty in March of two counts of sexual assault.
A judge ruled on Thursday that Hayne should be jailed for five years, nine months with a non-parole period of three years and eight months. After the sentencing was announced, Hayne was taken away by corrective services officials.
Hayne was found not guilty of the two more serious charges of aggravated sexual assault without consent inflicting actual bodily harm.
Former Australian rugby player and San Francisco 49er jailed for sexual assault
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FORMER AUSTRALIA RUGBY league star and San Francisco 49er Jarryd Hayne was jailed for five years and nine months over the sexual assault of a woman at her home in 2018.
The 33-year-old — best known outside Australia for a short-lived attempt to break into America’s NFL — was found guilty in March on two counts of intercourse without consent.
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image captionJarryd Hayne was found guilty in March of two sexual assault charges
Former Australian Rugby League player Jarryd Hayne has been jailed for five years and nine months for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.
Hayne, 33, was found guilty in March of attacking the 26-year-old woman in her house. He had denied the charges.
He must serve at least three years and eight months before being eligible for parole.
The woman told the court in Newcastle, north of Sydney, she had been damaged by the attack "but I'm still standing".
06:05 EDT, 17 March 2021
Jurors now considering two rape charges against Jarryd Hayne have been warned the former NRL star doesn't need to prove the woman consented to have sex with him.
The Sydney jury retired at 12.39pm on Wednesday - the eighth day of the retrial into claims the former footballer raped a woman in September 2018.
Hayne, 33, pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault inflicting actual bodily harm, saying the incident was consensual.
Jurors now considering two rape charges against Jarryd Hayne, pictured with his wife Amellia Bonnici at the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney on Wednesday, have been warned the former NRL star doesn't need to prove the woman consented to have sex with him