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
Jarryd Hayne was given a five-year sentence over the sexual assault of a woman at her home in 2018. By AFP Thursday 6 May 2021, 8:22 AM 5 hours ago 7,541 Views 3 Comments
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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.
Jarryd Hayne: Ex-Rugby League player jailed for 2018 sex assault
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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