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Ex-NRL star Curtis Scott and his mother have been charged with assaulting a teenager after an AFL match last Saturday night.
Scott spent the night behind bars after he and his mother Dianna Allen were arrested at Surry Hills police station on Tuesday morning.
The former Raiders and Storm player was granted bail on charges of assault causing actual bodily harm, affray and assaulting police when his matter was heard in a Sydney court on Wednesday morning.
Police allege Scott, 28, and Allen, 55, assaulted an 18-year-old man who needed hospital treatment for facial injuries after they clashed outside the SCG after the Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions game on March 14.
Allen was charged with common assault and hindering or resisting a police officer in the execution of duty. She was released on police bail on Tuesday.
Scott has also been accused of assaulting a policeman in a separate incident in Sydney’s Moore Park precinct less than an hour later, with the senior constable suffering minor injuries.
Curtis Scott (pictured) has been granted conditional bail after he and his mother were arrested at Sydney’s Surry Hills police station on Tuesday
Scott (pictured outside court in 2023) has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, affray and assaulting police after two alleged incidents on March 14
The former Raiders and Storm star (pictured) has been accused of leaving an 18-year-old man needing hospital care for facial injuries, and assaulting a senior constable
Police allege they subsequently stopped a tram at Moore Park and attempted to speak to Scott.
But the former league player and sometime boxer allegedly assaulted the officer and then fled the scene.
Scott’s lawyer Paul McGirr told the court the alleged incident with the teenager was ‘not a random attack’.
‘I don’t want to be in the business of victim blaming but there’s certainly a story there involving my client’s mother,’ McGirr said.
McGirr also told the court his client had a ‘come to Jesus moment’ when he was handcuffed in a jail cell prior to the matter being heard before Magistrate David Covington.
‘Members of the public were very fearful of this behaviour,’ McGirr said.
‘I believe, without saying whether my client’s guilty of anything or not guilty … he’s had a come to Jesus moment, having spent a night in custody, that he needs to get some help, and he can nod to confirm that he is prepared to get help.’
McGirr also said Scott could undergo full-time rehabilitation for drugs and alcohol, and had recently suffered a severe concussion.
Paul McGirr, the lawyer acting for Scott (pictured), told the court the ex-NRL star had a ‘come to Jesus moment’ while he was in a jail cell before his matter was heard in court on Wednesday
Scott (pictured left during his boxing bout with AFL great Barry Hall) suffered a severe concussion shortly before the alleged assaults, the court heard
‘Curtis received treatment for one of the worst concussions that I’ve become aware of while playing in a Nines tournament in Las Vegas, and I think he needs an assessment in relation to a possible brain injury,’ McGirr said.
‘I don’t believe he got the right care and attention that he should have.’
Bail was not opposed by the police prosecutor, but the court was asked to prevent Scott from contacting the 18-year-old man or his mother.
The condition about not contacting Allen was knocked back after it was opposed by McGirr.
Scott was granted bail to live at his family home in Sydney’s south, follow a 10pm to 6am curfew, not attend the SCG, and be of good behaviour.
He is due to return to court next month, with his mother granted bail to face court on April 9.
‘Officers attached to Surry Hills Police Area Command arrived and were told an 18-year-old man was involved in a verbal argument with two people – not known to him – before he was allegedly assaulted by them,’ NSW Police said in a statement before the court hearing.
‘A short time later, police stopped a tram at Moore Park Light Rail Station and attempted to speak to a man; however, he left the scene after [allegedly] assaulting a Senior Constable, who sustained minor injuries.’
A highly touted junior footy star, Scott made his NRL debut in 2016 with the Melbourne Storm, winning a premiership the following season.
The centre moved to Canberra in 2020, only to be sacked in 2021 after an assault charge brought the club into disrepute.
He is unbeaten in four bouts as a heavyweight boxer, including wins against AFL legend Barry Hall and All Blacks great Liam Messam.
In 2022, Scott was convicted and fined over domestic violence offences committed against his former girlfriend, athlete Tay-Leiha Clark.
He was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault and stalking or intimidation with intent to cause fear of physical harm.
Scott is also contesting allegations he was drink-driving before leaving the scene of a crash in Sydney’s south.
