- Former Port Adelaide player Callum Hay was in South Australian court
Former Port Adelaide Power player Callum Hay has been taken into custody after being found guilty raping a woman inside a gym he owned.
A District Court jury found the 33-year-old Adelaide Hills gym owner guilty of two counts of rape, but acquitted him of a third count last week.
The court heard Hay carried out a series of attacks on a woman inside and just outside the premises in Mount Barker.
Jim Pearce KC told the jury Hay forced himself on the victim while he was in a car with her outside the facility in February 2023.
‘Before she left the fitness centre, the accused had tried to kiss her. She protested, she moved away. He persisted. She told him to stop, but he wasn’t taking no for an answer,’ Pearce said.
Pearce told the court Hay got into a car with the victim before ‘grabbing her by the neck’.
Former Port Adelaide Power player Callum Hay (pictured) has been found guilty of rape
A District Court jury found the 33-year-old gym owner (pictured) guilty of repeated attacks on a woman inside and just outside his business in the Adelaide Hills
‘He pulled her head towards him and tried to kiss her,’ Pearce said.
‘She tried to pull away. He then put his hands down her pants and she protested. She told him to stop.’
The court heard that Hay exited the car shortly afterwards and ‘put his hands down his shorts and started masturbating’ while facing the victim.
‘He was looking at her as he was masturbating. He was laughing at her,’ Pearce said.
‘Once again, he grabbed her by the face and pulled her across to him and tried to kiss her. He was groping her. He put his hands down her exercise shorts and put his fingers into her.
‘It’s clear he knew she was not consenting. The accused was trying to tell her that she was enjoying it, despite what she was saying.’
Hay was oblivious to the fact the woman recorded the incident on her phone.
The court heard that she can be heard saying in the video: ‘I’m not kissing you. Stop, please leave me alone. I’m not agreeing to this. Get your hands off me.’
Hay (pictured) was unaware that the woman he attacked recorded the incidents on her phone, the court heard
Days later, the former footy player again approached the woman when he saw her in the gym, the court heard.
‘He walked up to her and forced her up against the wall,’ Pearce said.
‘He forced himself upon her and she was begging him to let her go. He was groping her. He groped her breasts.
‘His penis was out by this stage. He picked her up and he positioned himself between her legs.’
Hay inserted his fingers into the woman, the court heard, but she had once again started to record the incident on her phone.
‘She repeats multiple times, “Stop, please. Callum, please stop”,’ Pearce told the jury.
‘He responded to her question, he answered by saying “trying to get into you”.’
The incident was reported to police by the woman in July 2023. Hay was arrested and charged a short time afterwards.
On Sunday, Hay’s BFT gym posted the news that it would be closing permanently.
‘It is with deep regret and heavy hearts that we announce our gym will be permanently closing as of Monday 18th August,’ the gym’s Instagram post said.
‘We are truly grateful for the support, loyalty and community you have given us over the years.
‘This has been more than a gym – it’s been a family, and we will forever cherish the memories made here.’
In 2013, Hay copped a life ban from the SA Amateur Football League following two suspensions.
