9 November 2010

*That* Joel Monaghan picture.

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[First filed: Nov 4, 2010 @ 12:24]

(For those coming in late, below is a rolling coverage as the story broke)

Sen.com.au is reporting on a revolting photograph, allegedly of a high profile Raiders player, circulating widely online.

The picture is being pushed particularly hard by a fake Wyatt Roy (the very young Liberal Member for Longman) Twitter feed.

RiotACT approached the Raiders this morning for comment and at this time have not heard back. We’ll update if we hear anything.

The Herald Sun is now on the story and the NRL is reportedly investigating.

UPDATED: With more details of the act circulating I’ve decided to remove the player’s name, but we can add that the picture involved an obscene act with a dog.

FURTHER UPDATE: There’s now quite a lot of national media on this. Still nothing from the Canberra Times.

AMAZING UPDATE: The Sydney Morning Herald is naming Joel Monaghan and Monaghan’s manager Jim Banaghan appears to be confirming the photo is not faked.

The photograph of Monaghan, a NSW and Australian representative, was allegedly taken during Canberra’s Mad Monday festivities.

“It’s very disappointing; he appears to have been subjected to a bit of tomfoolery by some teammates,” said Monaghan’s manager, Jim Banaghan.

“One of his teammates has taken a picture of it and it’s been passed around.

“I believe everyone involved is disappointed in what they have done.

*That* Joel Monaghan photo

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How do we stop now? On the basis that we must either cry or laugh, a friend has pointed out that Canberra’s greatest musical exports, the Doug Anthony All Stars, have just the NSFW song:

DAAS

RSPCA Comment: The RSPCA’s Michael Linke has made this comment:

Whilst it appears no laws have been broken, as CEO of RSPCA ACT I am disgusted at the image. Every day RSPCA works to improve the bond we have with our pets. The act degrades and shows complete disrespect for animals. This type of image violates the trust we receive from our pets and it is an act that should be made illegal in the ACT immediately.

Statement from Joel Monaghan:

This has been posted on League Unlimited:

Joel Monaghan has issued a statement through his manager Jim Banaghan today expressing both remorse and disgust at an alcohol fuelled prank that led to images being circulated across social networks today.

“Joel can’t blame anyone but himself for an act of stupidity that will haunt him for the rest of his life,” Manager Jim Banaghan said today.

“Joel wants to make it clear that he was the one playing a prank on an absent team mate by simulating the act.

“There are no words of explanation that can be offered because none can be appropriate.

“Joel has to now face his family as well as fans and supporters with that shame and has already undergone counselling to help him cope with the consequences of what has happened.

“It was a moment of abject stupidity brought about by too much drink and a complete lack of any thought process.

“The fact that someone has sought to compound the situation further by the use of social media only adds to the trauma but Joel accepts that it is his actions alone that are at fault.

“He apologises unreservedly for the outrage that people feel at the moment and blames nobody but himself.

“He will meet the club over the issue and accepts that there must be ramifications but the fact is he is not in a fit emotional state to have those discussions at the moment.

“Joel is a genuinely good person who is simply shattered by a moment of sheer madness.”

UPDATE: The Age’s video snippet has part of the picture in question.

TV Coverage

Here’s how WIN News lead their bulletin cute how they don’t mention the act but drag the RSPCA in:

And here’s the ABC take, which ran very late in the bulletin:

NRL response:

The NRL have now issued a statement:

The National Rugby League has today warned the Canberra club that it will closely monitor any disciplinary action taken against Raiders player Joel Monaghan.

NRL Chief Executive Mr David Gallop said that he was shocked and appalled at the image circulated of the player in the media today.

“We have a system of allowing clubs to take the initial action in relation to disciplinary issues as they are the employers and we will maintain that principle,” Mr Gallop said.

“The fact of the matter remains that in any circumstance this is an appalling incident and one that has offended everyone associated with the sport.

“It is important that the club deals with it appropriately and that it reports to the NRL as soon as possible on the outcomes.”

Holy Crap!

If you don’t think a major football star caught with his old fella in a dog is big news check this out:

Visit graph

(the first big spike is Mully Williams, the second is the GDE collapse)

Joel, in all seriousness, I’d like to thank you for fessing up rather than suing everyone running it into the ground. I think you need to engage them old thought processes a bit more, but I’ll buy you a beer anytime for being a man about the whole regrettable situation.

While we’re here: Melbourne’s VexNews is running a somewhat tastefully blurred version of the photo while ending with:

We doubt even Brendan Fevola will be able to top this.

So there’s the photo:

Joel Monaghan and dog [Photo courtesy myfoxdw]

Given the level of public discussion we’ve decided to publish a heavily pixellated version of the photograph so everyone knows what’s being talked about.

This version comes from a TV channel in Dallas Texas which has currently got it as the number one news story on their site.

The rest of the world now thinks this is what Canberrans are like.

How to cover a dog sex scandal: The team on Deadspin have documented how they covered the story.

World media: As Canberra gains the wrong sort of reputation for being dog-lovers here’s a sample of international reporting:

He picked a good time for it: We’ve received the following comment from an ACT Government spokesperson on the bestiality laws:

The government had already identified a deficiency in the Crimes Act 1900 and the government agreed in September 2010 to re-establish the offence of bestiality. The offence was removed from the ACT statutes prior to self government.

Legislation to re-establish the offence of bestiality is currently being drafted by the government and it is planned to be introduced into the Legislative Assembly in December. If passed, the ACT law will be broader in its application than most other Australian jurisdictions, because any sexual activity between a person and an animal would be an offence under the Act.

Sponsor’s reaction: The Herald Sun reports that major sponsors are threatening to walk away from the club in droves:

The Daily Telegraph has learned at least four of the Raiders’ major sponsors have written letters to the club threatening to withdraw $1 million worth of revenue over the lewd photograph of Monaghan.

A number of other Raiders sponsors have also verbally threatened to resign from any association with the club as the fallout from rugby league’s latest black-eye reverberates.

Additionally NRL CEO David Gallop is apparently raring to bar Monaghan from playing in Australia but waiting to let the Raiders go first.

But as Ian has noted in the comments, they are now the most well known Rugby League club in the world.

The rise of Mount Monaghan:

Mount Monaghan

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They can’t wait for Monday: The ABC reports that the Raiders are trying to convene their board meeting as soon as possible to resolve the issue.

The return of Wyatt Roy: The SMH reports that Wyatt Roy, the fake twitter account of whom kicked this all off, is trying to take action. Calling in some lawyers and hitting Twitter with a subpoena for a defamation case would be a good start.

Not without friends VexNews is cheerily noting that the Greens elder and famous ethicist, Peter Singer, is not unequivocally opposed.

Hiding out: The SMH is pushing the “it was only simulated sex” line while revealing Mr. Monaghan is hiding out on the South Coast.

It’s not that bad? Peter FitzSimons is also going with a stupid but not evil defence.

Not buying it: In the Murdoch press Rebecca Wilson is not having a bar of the Monaghan apologists.

Doesn’t it make you proud? Canberra makes the Top Trending Topics show:

For ongoing reportage: Check out the Joel Monaghan tag.

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colourful sydney racing identity1:24 pm 18 Nov 10

James-T-Kirk said :

colourful sydney racing identity said :

He’s gone according to ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/09/3061373.htm?section=justin

So now the big question is whether the NRL or the Raiders are going to have the guts to take action against the players that actually committed an illegal act by recording and transmitting the act.

fat chance.

Given the ACT Governments inability to draft laws, are you *sure* that it is actually illegal to take and distribute the photo? Remember – The ACT is the porn capital of Australia!

Correct me if I’m wrong (especially if it takes another 28 posts) but, my understanding is that it would come under Federal law.

James-T-Kirk12:21 pm 18 Nov 10

*bump* – We are very close to 300 comments — Lets try harder

James-T-Kirk9:41 am 16 Nov 10

For what it’s worth – I just spoke to a friend of mine who works for the AFP dealing with kiddie prrn, and they indicated that they didn’t believe it was illegal – Possibly we need to add that to the books as well.

James-T-Kirk4:54 pm 15 Nov 10

colourful sydney racing identity said :

He’s gone according to ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/09/3061373.htm?section=justin

So now the big question is whether the NRL or the Raiders are going to have the guts to take action against the players that actually committed an illegal act by recording and transmitting the act.

fat chance.

Given the ACT Governments inability to draft laws, are you *sure* that it is actually illegal to take and distribute the photo? Remember – The ACT is the porn capital of Australia!

colourful sydney racing identity3:23 pm 09 Nov 10

And Furner clearly does not get it

“Joel is welcome back at this club and I hope he does come back one day,” Furner said.

“I hope he is welcome back in Canberra because he has done a lot of good in this city.

“He’s had to pay a very high price for a silly party prank at a private house.”

a prank at a private house *sigh*

colourful sydney racing identity2:09 pm 09 Nov 10

He’s gone according to ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/09/3061373.htm?section=justin

So now the big question is whether the NRL or the Raiders are going to have the guts to take action against the players that actually committed an illegal act by recording and transmitting the act.

fat chance.

colourful sydney racing identity9:57 am 09 Nov 10

Holden Caulfield said :

Pork Hunt said :

How is the poor bloke ever going to get a girlfriend to go down on him?

Dogs go wacko for schmackos!

Perhaps that should be ‘Wackos go for dog schmackos?’

Holden Caulfield10:11 pm 08 Nov 10

Pork Hunt said :

How is the poor bloke ever going to get a girlfriend to go down on him?

Dogs go wacko for schmackos!

And so many Facebook fan sites on Joel these days. Including ones showing that picture. Definitely he did it.

How is the poor bloke ever going to get a girlfriend to go down on him?

Holden Caulfield3:39 pm 08 Nov 10

Jungle Jim said :

johnboy said :

He can probably get a season on the US talk shows.

Yeah, but who in their right mind (which I’ll assume he is, now) would…

Sounds like a Jerry Springer classic in the making…

“Baby, please forgive me, I didn’t mean to put my penis inside the dog’s mouth!”

johnboy said :

He can probably get a season on the US talk shows.

Isn’t Oprah coming to Aus soon? Could be an interesting guest…

johnboy said :

He can probably get a season on the US talk shows.

Yeah, but who in their right mind (which I’ll assume he is, now) would…

He can probably get a season on the US talk shows.

According to Google Trends, Joel Monaghan is responsible for the most recent surge of interest in dog sex, and also searches for the Canberra Raiders.
Joel Monaghan is apparently actually more popular than dog sex (for which he is now the posterchild, anyway).

In addition, Joel Monaghan is almost as popular as anal sex.
However, he is more newsworthy than anal sex, dog sex, and the Canberra Raiders combined.

That’s quite an achievement.

The spin out of raider land is that you can’t tell for sure if he’s got wood or if it’s actually in the dog’s mouth.

And without an x-ray or some sort of tonsil cam they’re right.

On the other hand anytime balls see daylight I reckon it’s not a simulation.

Pommy bastard2:15 pm 08 Nov 10

colourful sydney racing identity said :

How on earth is it being portrayed as a ‘simulated’ sex act? It looked like a pretty real one to me.

It’s a missprint, it should read; “a stimulated sex act.”

Woody Mann-Caruso2:00 pm 08 Nov 10

I am amazed that this thread didn%u2019t reach 250 posts%u2026

Bravo 😉

And in what I’m sure is purely coincidence, I received a letter from the RSPCA soliciting donations today.

Maybe not a coincidence – maybe they have recognised the need for an urgent campaign to tell people not to put their dick in a dog’s mouth.

colourful sydney racing identity1:57 pm 08 Nov 10

How on earth is it being portrayed as a ‘simulated’ sex act? It looked like a pretty real one to me.

colourful sydney racing identity said :

I am amazed that this thread didn’t reach 250 posts…

Has now 🙂

It will take something pretty interesting to stop Joel adding a Mully Award to his list of accomplishments.

colourful sydney racing identity1:16 pm 08 Nov 10

I am amazed that this thread didn’t reach 250 posts…

colourful sydney racing identity8:41 am 08 Nov 10

cleo said :

I was told about the photo and a lot of what the media wrote is exaggerated, sure he dropped his dacks and had the dog in front of him, the dog was facing away from him, yes he and his mates were idiots, but there is no law in Canberra that will prosecute him for his actions regarding this incident, only in other states of Australia would he be prosecuted, Canberra is a law unto their own.

If you have not seen the photo in question, it is probably best not to provide commentary on its contents particularly on a thread where a lot of people have seen the photo.

neanderthalsis said :

It seems that young [Redacted] is the natural replacement for Todd Carney and yet another reason that rugby league players should not be allowed to mix with the general populace.

…or dogs.

Oh my that is an inciminating photo!!!

It is very sad that people see this as the worst thing a footballer could do. but sadly a lot of people blame the women when they are attacked by footballers.

Even the worst football-rape-denialists can’t claim that the dog was only doing it for the money and fame, or that the dog asked for it by being a groupie, or having a drink, or that the dog got what it deserved etc etc.

Not to mention the pic can’t really be explained away – no way the dog is lying and making things up .

#244 – sports minister is saying the pic is Not funny.

Does this mean that this dog will now get a boob job, suddenly change to a bright orange colour and start appearing on TV and in magazines?

By the way, I have to agree with the previous comments about how appalling it is that this incident is suddenly being held up as the worst thing that any League player has ever done – as if all the violent assaults, rapes and gang bang incidents never happened.

Most half-decent, hardworking people I know do a hell a lot more for the advancement of society than any of these knuckledragging scum will ever do, and earn a fraction of the money that is paid to these idiots too.

The scary thing is, how many other sports ‘stars’ are shaking in their shoes hoping that similar images of them will not come to light????

Federal Sports Minister condones beastiality?

Straight from twitter:

“Twitter is making me feel like the Fun Police today- am i alone in not finding the Joel Monaghan incident even remotely funny??”

It’s funny Kate, but not how we know it.

The Australian has this on it: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/this-is-serious/story-e6frgdk6-1225948552089

D’uh! The photographer in the background has the REAL money shot!

Knick-knack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.

Waddya know? Kid’s have been celebrating this sort of behaviour (or something analogous) for ages…

Pork Hunt said :

@78 a creative canberran said:

“On a funny side note, until amended, the Crimes Act 1900 (ACT) formerly had a section which prohibited “carnal knowledge of an idiot or imbecile”.”

That’s a bit stiff! Labradors are renowned for their intelligence, just look how many are guide dogs or bomb sniffers….

He was talking to the Labrador!lol

Pommy bastard9:25 am 06 Nov 10

I think Monaghan should volunteer to work fulltime without pay at the RSPCA for the next year or two.

It won’t change anything, but it would help him and his future life immensely.

It would perk up his sex life no end! That’s a bit like putting an alcoholic in charge of a brewery, isn’t it?

Were you suggesting that as punishment or reward for all the bad press he’s been given.

Oh, hang about, didn’t you say you were Cornish?* Nuff said, nod’s as good as a wink etc…

😉

* In the UK, the Cornish (and Welsh) are reputed to have similar sexual proclivities as Australians ascribe to our Kiwi cousins.

The Telegraph is reporting that four of the sponsors are threatening to withdraw support. Maybe support for Local Licker (sic) would actually benefit.

Woody Mann-Caruso9:06 am 06 Nov 10

Oh the dog’s facing him allright.

Heh heheehhe.

Growling Ferret9:05 am 06 Nov 10

It would never happen in rugby union. Or would it?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnist…s-nice-guy.html

QUOTE
The recollection had reminded him of the time he was part of an Australian squad preparing for the 1999 World Cup final against France. “We had one of those video conferencing systems where players could talk to and see their wives and kids back in Australia. Any way, in the week before the final, Phil Kearns, who had been injured and had returned home, was using one to send us a good-luck message.

“He was talking to the guys and when he walked into shot it was obvious that he had no shirt on. I thought he just had no top on but his wife, who was holding the video camera, panned down to reveal that Phil was stark naked. Better than that, his dog – he had a big Alsatian – then walked over, nudged him in the nuts and started licking. I’ve never seen anything like it.

“We found out afterwards that Phil had rubbed jam or honey into his groin to get his dog to do that on cue. It was his way of settling down the squad who were really tense and worried at the final coming up.”

There’s nowhere to go after that.

Tooks:
That was already in the story header as a rolling update about an hour before you (re)-posted it.

Which is why I quoted it.

Skidbladnir said :

Tooks:
That was already in the story header as a rolling update about an hour before you (re)-posted it.

Swaggie said :

chris820 said :

Wonders how prevalent this kinda stuff actually is in the NRL?
About time for another 60 Minutes special, I reckon.

More interesting would be a 60 Minutes special on the AFL rape cover-ups, but wait – this is so much worse, isn’t it?

Doggon it!

104.7 have always been bestiality whores IMHO!!

A friend sent a link to the pic.
All i have to say is – What has been seen cannot be unseen

Anyone else listen to 104.7 this morning? they were doing everything just short of defending his actions, trying to make him out like a great bloke that made a single ‘mistake’.. who are they kidding?

I realise that 104.7 probably has a working (financial) relationship with the Raiders.. but seriously.. they need to draw the line somewhere with their commercial support.

cleo said :

I was told about the photo and a lot of what the media wrote is exaggerated, sure he dropped his dacks and had the dog in front of him, the dog was facing away from him, yes he and his mates were idiots, but there is no law in Canberra that will prosecute him for his actions regarding this incident, only in other states of Australia would he be prosecuted, Canberra is a law unto their own.

You have obviously not seen the photo. There really is no doubt what the dog is doing.

Regarding the laws, what happened to the good old days when laws like “outraging public decency” and “crimes against nature” could cover all manner of freakarse sexual behaviour.

Furry Jesus said :

Amanda Hugankis said :

chewy14 said :

I-filed said :

AngryHenry said :

I would have thought that as ‘mates’ they wouldn’t let Joel stand alone in this. What kind of mate let’s another mate take this much heat for something something they were party to, they no doubt found mindlessly amusing, and did nothing to stop?

Perhaps you’re right – if I’d stood by and did nothing to stop something like this from happening, I’d be too ashamed with myself to front up and associate myself with the whole sordid thing. I’d also be ashamed to call myself a ‘mate’ of anyone I wouldn’t stand alongside no matter what.

I think Amanda is onto something here – it’s not just about whether they were all egging him on. Every Raider who was there who is keeping quiet is just looking out for himself. A couple of team mates who would be willing to say ‘Hey, we were all acting like drunk fuckwits too. If we had the brains and the care to stop him, we could have…’

I’d be worried about his state of mind – if this doesn’t make hm a suicide risk, what would? Can anyone imagine what his life is going to be like for the next 5 to 10 years. A few mates sharing responsibility would help him a lot, not to mention accepting their share of responsibility. But we won’t be seeing any of them have the courage to do it, will we?

Matty Johns had to bare the front of the sex scandal that involved other people, I would say Monaghan will have to do the same.

Pre season, mid season, end of season scandals, nothing new in the world of rugby league I’m afraid.

Shall we place bets on which club will be embroiled in a pre season scandal in 2011?

I was told about the photo and a lot of what the media wrote is exaggerated, sure he dropped his dacks and had the dog in front of him, the dog was facing away from him, yes he and his mates were idiots, but there is no law in Canberra that will prosecute him for his actions regarding this incident, only in other states of Australia would he be prosecuted, Canberra is a law unto their own.

Oh the dog’s facing him allright.

Amanda Hugankis said :

chewy14 said :

I-filed said :

AngryHenry said :

I would have thought that as ‘mates’ they wouldn’t let Joel stand alone in this. What kind of mate let’s another mate take this much heat for something something they were party to, they no doubt found mindlessly amusing, and did nothing to stop?

Perhaps you’re right – if I’d stood by and did nothing to stop something like this from happening, I’d be too ashamed with myself to front up and associate myself with the whole sordid thing. I’d also be ashamed to call myself a ‘mate’ of anyone I wouldn’t stand alongside no matter what.

I think Amanda is onto something here – it’s not just about whether they were all egging him on. Every Raider who was there who is keeping quiet is just looking out for himself. A couple of team mates who would be willing to say ‘Hey, we were all acting like drunk fuckwits too. If we had the brains and the care to stop him, we could have…’

I’d be worried about his state of mind – if this doesn’t make hm a suicide risk, what would? Can anyone imagine what his life is going to be like for the next 5 to 10 years. A few mates sharing responsibility would help him a lot, not to mention accepting their share of responsibility. But we won’t be seeing any of them have the courage to do it, will we?

Lets play the word game!

Monaghan:
v. (slang)
To orally penetrate animals with one’s penis just for the lulz.
Usage:
Person 1: Say guys, I'm really quite bored. Dave left some beers in his fridge when he went out to in pick up his girlfriend, but his pet sure looks pretty. Are you thinking what I'm thinking, B1?
*wink*
Person 2: I think so, B2...
Together: Its time for some monaghan magic.
*Brofist*

v. (commerce)
To so utterly damage the reputation of an organisation that it may never recover.
Usage:
News reporter: In Sydney today, a man 'accidentally' set fire to an aged care facility, watched it burn to the ground and laughed the whole time, all while wearing the logo of Company X, and when Company X has been singing about how well if had performed as an employee this year. Investigations continue, but the whole thing was recorded on fourteen mobile phones and forwarded around the world before anybody from Company X could be reached to put any spin on it.
Audience: Yes, he really monaghanned the brand.

v. (social usage)
To utterly sell out a ‘friend’ or other workplace competitor, by leaking sensitive information about them to the media which you low will destroy their career, while remaining entirely sheltered from harm.
Usage:
Those Raiders players are a cunch of bunts, they totally Monaghanned that Joel guy.What was his last name again?

v. (legal/politics)
To be so utterly exposed to international scrutiny and a laughing stock of the world, that it requires a modification of the existing law in order to fix up what really were glaring inconsistencies that should have been picked up years ago.

Usage:
RiotACT Spokesperson: Say Simon Corbell, weren't you the ACT's Attorney-General when that guy Monaghan monaghanned that dog, and you monaghanned the Stanhope Government in the eyes of the rest of the world when you were asked for comment about why on earth, for the last thirty years, the ACT was happy to let men fuck dogs and apparently continued to overlook this in both revisions to the Crimes Act 1900 and the Criminal Code 2002 which have occurred on your watch, but you have been too busy writing Human Rights Legislation and doing stupid shit like forcing gay marriage down everybody's throats to be bothered to fix it?
Simon Corbell: ...
Simon Corbell: Am I being monaghanned right now?
Riotact Readership: Only by your 'friends' in Cabinet...

that might need to be a post of its own.

peoplewhosaylolareidiots8:59 pm 05 Nov 10

Joel: After this can we go on all fours?

Joke or not (and this is a pretty sick idea of a joke) someone in that room that night had to know the kind of damage stepping into this kind of taboo territory was going to cause. There’s funny, there’s left of center funny, there’s sick funny then there’s this….I think is just falls under the banner of sick. He’s ruined his own life along with a bit off assistance from so called mates. What’s happening to good old forethought…is it being bred out?

To quote a friend-

“The article on news.com.au says this act was a “new low” for football. Apparently the Bulldogs committing gang rape multiple times is nothing compared to some drunk guy pretending to shag a dog. How’s that feel, ladies?”

Wonders how prevalent this kinda stuff actually is in the NRL?
About time for another 60 Minutes special, I reckon.

peoplewhosaylolareidiots8:15 pm 05 Nov 10

Joel: Hmmm, not raping a girl… check! Not in a drunken brawl… check! Not getting a blow job from dog… oh f***, sorry guys.

FedUpWithBogans8:02 pm 05 Nov 10

The strangest thing is that he seems to be enjoying it so much so that he didn’t notice the paparazzi!! LOL What a disgusting loser!


Legislation to re-establish the offence of bestiality is currently being drafted by the government and it is planned to be introduced into the Legislative Assembly in December. If passed, the ACT law will be broader in its application than most other Australian jurisdictions, because any sexual activity between a person and an animal would be an offence under the Act.

Does that mean the new, broader, offence will be called Monaghaning? Can’t wait to read the explanatory statement!

Will it be called ‘Monaghan’s Law’?

I think Monaghan should volunteer to work fulltime without pay at the RSPCA for the next year or two.

It won’t change anything, but it would help him and his future life immensely.

I think he should move to Kazakhstan for the rest of his natural (or unnatural, as the case may be) life.

ACT: Nothing. Apparently we’re cool with it.

We are to Australia what the Dutch are to Europe – and just like like them about to make it an offense of it (again).

The Pets Paradise joke might have broken their website: “We are currently experiencing technical issues and will be back online shortly. We apologise for the inconvenience.”

gitchee44 said :

It makes me wonder why any responsible pet owner would allow his dog to be ‘used” in this way, and if the team was present, are they also not also culpable or complicit in some way?

The team mate was not present at the time… They took the photos to upset him…

Amanda Hugankis5:37 pm 05 Nov 10

bugmenot said :

There is no law to prosecute the stupid. Alcohol, footballers and mobile phones just don’t mix well.

Also, he’s obviously crazy who would let a dog near their junk, it’s likely it would bite and rip it off.

P.S the photo isn’t bad, you’ve never seen a kid tongue kiss an animal before? When did Australians turn into people who need to be enraged by footballer antics…grow up. It’s sick, it’s disgusting, it’s a footballer..get over it.

We don’t NEED to be enraged, some of us just are. You think we should just proclaim that an act like this is acceptable so long as the parties involved are footballers, because you can’t expect the same standards of human behaviour from them as anyone else? I don’t care who they are or what they do or how much they’re paid to do it … its wrong.

How can you draw a parallel between a dog slobbering on a kid’s mouth and this photo/act? Plenty of nan’s plant a peck on their grandsons’ mouths at Christmas, but I’m pretty sure they don’t kiss them on their ‘junk’, let alone get the ladies at the CWA to take photos of them doing it and publish them in the annual newsletter along with their scone recipes. Are you really saying this is just a dog being friendly and anyone who is offended should broaden their minds and grow up? If you feel okay with it, fine, but other people in the community are obviously not okay with it and just as entitled to say so.

PS: Lets all hope he keeps his wits about himself, and doesn’t consider doing anything terminally stupid.
Even if he’s something of a pariah and has a media profile so tainted its toxic, buy the man a beer and let him speak his mind.

Better people have done worse and survived, worse people have made comebacks, and he didn’t break any laws other than those of nature.
But it might be a good time for him to consider doing charitable works in Africa or South America for a few years.

@78 a creative canberran said:

“On a funny side note, until amended, the Crimes Act 1900 (ACT) formerly had a section which prohibited “carnal knowledge of an idiot or imbecile”.”

That’s a bit stiff! Labradors are renowned for their intelligence, just look how many are guide dogs or bomb sniffers….

Sorry for the double post but I also understand after talking to a few Raiders fans today that they believe the real problem wasn’t what Monaghan was doing to a dog but rather the fact that someone has posted a picture him doing it to the media. Surely the scale of offences here would be:

worst offender – Monaghan; and
Second worst – idiot with camera thinking it was funny.

I don’t have a problem with the pic being sent to the media because yet again, someone being held up as a ‘role model’ for kids has been exposed as anything but.

johnboy said :

I’d be surprised if he plays in Australia again.

Always the chance for him overseas, I’m not aware of him having any convictions? So unlike Carney he shouldn’t have trouble getting a working visa, whether any club would sign him is another matter though.

Sadly, the Raiders seem to be retreating behind the barricades upsetting some kids in teh process.

They’ve now cancelled an appearance at our school fete planned for Saturday 13th Nov.

I have to say though, while what Monaghan did was disgusting, repulsive, sick etc I do hope he’s getting a lot of psychological support cause I’d suggest something like this could send you down some very dark and disturbing places in your own mind. Also his family, imagine what they’re going through.

Tooks:
That was already in the story header as a rolling update about an hour before you (re)-posted it.

Swaggie said :

Why will he be sacked?

Ethics and Conduct clauses are fairly commonplace in sporting contracts.
They are what allow sponsors to scream for heads and\or pounds of flesh, given that they are the ones putting up so much of the cash.

Summary termination
You acknowledge that [your Club] as employer, and the Game of Rugby as an entity could be commercially damaged by any impairment of public confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of matches and competitions or in the integrity and good character of players and other participants.
If you:
(a) do anything which may adversely affect, reflect upon or otherwise discredit the Game of Rugby, or any organisation auspiced by [your Club], squad, team, competition, tournament, sponsor, official supplier or licensee, including, but not specifically limited to, any criminal or otherwise illegal act or any act of dishonesty or fraud;
(b) breach the terms set out in this letter and do not remedy or take sufficient action to ensure resolution of the breach within 14 days of receipt of notice in writing from [your Club] requiring you to remedy the breach;
(c) breach the [Sporting Body]’s or (if any) [your Club]’s Code of Conduct or the [Sporting Body]’s Doping Bye-laws;
(d) repeatedly breach the terms set out in this letter;
(e) repeatedly breach the Laws or Rules of the Game relating to Foul Play or Player Misconduct; or
(f) assault, abuse, threaten or intimidate a referee or judge, whether on or off the field; or

then [your Club] may terminate your employment immediately without penalty other than the payment of all amounts due to you up to the date of termination.

I wonder what his partner feels about going seconds?

If Todd Carney’s the equivalent scale I’d tip Joel to win a Nobel Prize.

I imagine that if David Gallop could have pressed a button to explode Joel’s head it would have happened by now.

I’d be surprised if he plays in Australia again.

There is no law to prosecute the stupid. Alcohol, footballers and mobile phones just don’t mix well.

Also, he’s obviously crazy who would let a dog near their junk, it’s likely it would bite and rip it off.

P.S the photo isn’t bad, you’ve never seen a kid tongue kiss an animal before? When did Australians turn into people who need to be enraged by footballer antics…grow up. It’s sick, it’s disgusting, it’s a footballer..get over it.

Does this mean he’ll have a Dally M and international player of the year award in 2012?

colourful sydney racing identity4:43 pm 05 Nov 10

Tooks said :

From the Daily Telegraph:

DISGRACED Canberra centre Joel Monaghan will be sacked by the club on Monday when the eight-member Raiders board convenes in the national capital.
The Daily Telegraph has learned at least four of the Raiders’ major sponsors have written letters to the club threatening to withdraw $1 million worth of revenue over the lewd photograph of Monaghan.

The development comes as NRL chief executive David Gallop continues to monitor the situation, with the game’s governing body extremely close to making the call to de-register Monaghan from playing rugby league in Australia.

Career over.

Has he signed with the Roosters yet?

From the Daily Telegraph:

DISGRACED Canberra centre Joel Monaghan will be sacked by the club on Monday when the eight-member Raiders board convenes in the national capital.
The Daily Telegraph has learned at least four of the Raiders’ major sponsors have written letters to the club threatening to withdraw $1 million worth of revenue over the lewd photograph of Monaghan.

The development comes as NRL chief executive David Gallop continues to monitor the situation, with the game’s governing body extremely close to making the call to de-register Monaghan from playing rugby league in Australia.

Career over.

Amanda Hugankis said :

The only reason they can ‘stand well clear’ is that there is no proof as to who else was involved (if it became the focus of legal action, this of course, could be sorted out).

Has anyone had a look at the different versions of the photos floating on the interwebs to check EXIF data? If it was taken with a mobile phone, it might show an IMEI number, or even a GPS reference….

Swaggie said :

Why will he be sacked? He’s an idiot and all his team mates egging him on were idiots.

See Johnboy’s comment at #196.

Swaggie said :

Why will he be sacked? He’s an idiot and all his team mates egging him on were idiots. They’re rugby league players what do we expect? I think he f****d up his life with that photo, sacking him wont achieve anything. And what little creep took the picture in the first place? The Raiders can keep him, I don’t want him sacked because he’s an idiot. They can sack the whole team if they go down that road.

The gods of bad publicity require a blood sacrifice or the sponsors won’t be able to put their brand within a million miles of the Raiders.

Amanda Hugankis4:06 pm 05 Nov 10

chewy14 said :

I-filed said :

AngryHenry said :

Chill out I-filed.

The genie is out of the bottle. I don’t think JB needs to reveal anymore than he already has if he doesn’t want to.

Everyone is talking about this.

The genie’s out of the bottle for the most obvious perpetrator – but this apparently happened at a team party – maybe a “bonding session”. I think the whole team should take the rap if they were all there and no-one intervened to stop this! Sure, the wider issues will be raised – but I think they are ALL a bunch of cowards, particularly the photographer, for not fronting up along with JM.

You’re joking right?

They should front up because their mate is a dog fu#ker?

I don’t know about you, but if one of my mates was doing something like this i’d be keeping well clear.

Or if this was as they say, a “simulated” act, then the most they can be accused of is having very poor taste in humour.

But they weren’t keeping well clear – at least two of them were taking photos (one who took photo seen in this post, other to the left of Joel, phone camera aimed at Joel and dog). At least this one photo (if not more) was distributed by at least one of his ‘mates’ (if not more). This was then received by other people (how many, we don’t know) who forwarded it, and in turn those recipients forwarded it again, and so forth.

The only reason they can ‘stand well clear’ is that there is no proof as to who else was involved (if it became the focus of legal action, this of course, could be sorted out). Ignoring this incident itself, I would have thought that as ‘mates’ they wouldn’t let Joel stand alone in this. What kind of mate let’s another mate take this much heat for something something they were party to, they no doubt found mindlessly amusing, and did nothing to stop?

Perhaps you’re right – if I’d stood by and did nothing to stop something like this from happening, I’d be too ashamed with myself to front up and associate myself with the whole sordid thing. I’d also be ashamed to call myself a ‘mate’ of anyone I wouldn’t stand alongside no matter what.

Why will he be sacked? He’s an idiot and all his team mates egging him on were idiots. They’re rugby league players what do we expect? I think he f****d up his life with that photo, sacking him wont achieve anything. And what little creep took the picture in the first place? The Raiders can keep him, I don’t want him sacked because he’s an idiot. They can sack the whole team if they go down that road.

Ian said :

I think we can safely say that the Canberra Raiders may well be the best known rugby league team in the world, and definitely that Joel Monaghan is the best known player now.

Certainly on /b/

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

imagine running out onto the field to the kind of chants he would cop every time

Howls of derision? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

I’m guessing ‘Who let the dogs out’ would get a brief revival as they jogged onto the field.

Man’s best friend…with benefits.

I can’t even imagine the shame and humiliation he’s feeling right now. He’ll be sacked from the Raiders, which will probably end his career. Hopefully – for his sake – he’s invested his money wisely throughout his career.

Could I propose the ‘Dog Bone’ award: held by that person who causes the largest increase in hits to The-RiotAct in a given year. There may be some conjecture about who that might be in a given year, so maybe a judged award?

It would complement the Mully: awarded on the basis of numbers of comments.

Woody Mann-Caruso3:31 pm 05 Nov 10

imagine running out onto the field to the kind of chants he would cop every time

Howls of derision? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

It’s sad to see that one (highly dishusting) act of complete stupidity is likely to have ruined Joel’s life. I would think it’s unlikely that he’ll continue playing. Even if the Raiders keep him on, imagine running out onto the field to the kind of chants he would cop every time.

Now that it’s a worldwide story, there’s little chance he’ll ever escape from under the shadow this has cast.

I hope he’s got an alternate career path to fall back on.

chewy14 said :

I-filed said :

AngryHenry said :

Chill out I-filed.

The genie is out of the bottle. I don’t think JB needs to reveal anymore than he already has if he doesn’t want to.

Everyone is talking about this.

The genie’s out of the bottle for the most obvious perpetrator – but this apparently happened at a team party – maybe a “bonding session”. I think the whole team should take the rap if they were all there and no-one intervened to stop this! Sure, the wider issues will be raised – but I think they are ALL a bunch of cowards, particularly the photographer, for not fronting up along with JM.

You’re joking right?

They should front up because their mate is a dog fu#ker?

I don’t know about you, but if one of my mates was doing something like this i’d be keeping well clear.

Or if this was as they say, a “simulated” act, then the most they can be accused of is having very poor taste in humour.

Do you honestly, even for a minute, think that his mates who were watching (and taking photos) weren’t egging him on and pissing themselves laughing the entire time? Please…

chewy14 said :

You’re joking right?

They should front up because their mate is a dog fu#ker?

No, not joking. Anyone there who saw it happening and who did not object was party to the abuse IMO.

I think we can safely say that the Canberra Raiders may well be the best known rugby league team in the world, and definitely that Joel Monaghan is the best known player now.

colourful sydney racing identity1:49 pm 05 Nov 10

Taken from Road Trip:
Kyle: It’s not cheating if you spread peanut butter on your _____ and let your dog lick it off.
[Josh, Rubin and E.L. are understandably repulsed]
Kyle: Because it’s your dog.
Rubin: Jesus Christ!
Kyle: You know, because it’s YOUR dog, get it?
Rubin: Yeah, we’ve got it.

However, it wasn’t his dog…have we got another Wayne Carey on our hands?

I-filed said :

AngryHenry said :

Chill out I-filed.

The genie is out of the bottle. I don’t think JB needs to reveal anymore than he already has if he doesn’t want to.

Everyone is talking about this.

The genie’s out of the bottle for the most obvious perpetrator – but this apparently happened at a team party – maybe a “bonding session”. I think the whole team should take the rap if they were all there and no-one intervened to stop this! Sure, the wider issues will be raised – but I think they are ALL a bunch of cowards, particularly the photographer, for not fronting up along with JM.

You’re joking right?

They should front up because their mate is a dog fu#ker?

I don’t know about you, but if one of my mates was doing something like this i’d be keeping well clear.

Or if this was as they say, a “simulated” act, then the most they can be accused of is having very poor taste in humour.

AngryHenry said :

Chill out I-filed.

The genie is out of the bottle. I don’t think JB needs to reveal anymore than he already has if he doesn’t want to.

Everyone is talking about this.

The genie’s out of the bottle for the most obvious perpetrator – but this apparently happened at a team party – maybe a “bonding session”. I think the whole team should take the rap if they were all there and no-one intervened to stop this! Sure, the wider issues will be raised – but I think they are ALL a bunch of cowards, particularly the photographer, for not fronting up along with JM.

colourful sydney racing identity1:33 pm 05 Nov 10

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

Perhaps WMC you need glasses, or a course in how to read a graph.

Here’s something to go with the whooshing sound you don’t hear. You can be Maverick, and Jazz can be Goose.

Can I be one of the Mig pilots?

Pommy bastard1:30 pm 05 Nov 10

Come on guys, ease up a bit. Who amongst us hasn’t been alone with a dog, and a jar of vegemite, and wondered….

We all know you’re lying….

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

Perhaps WMC you need glasses, or a course in how to read a graph.

Here’s something to go with the whooshing sound you don’t hear. You can be Maverick, and Jazz can be Goose.

Ha! The WMC flyby!

Permission to buzz the tower, WMC.

Woody Mann-Caruso1:26 pm 05 Nov 10

Perhaps WMC you need glasses, or a course in how to read a graph.

Here’s something to go with the whooshing sound you don’t hear. You can be Maverick, and Jazz can be Goose.

did the whole team have at the dog after him though?

WyattRoyMP – a fake Twitter profile impersonating Australia’s youngest MP -… claims to possess other photos of Monaghan, said he published them only after failing to obtain a response from Furner… …spoke on condition of anonymity, would only say that he obtained the photograph from a “friend”. It had been circulating around the ACT rugby league community for “the last two weeks or so”.
Source:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/4313331/NRL-stars-dog-act-Twitter-leaker-breaks-cover

Cunch of Bunts.

p1 said :

PantsMan said :

PS: Mully never f*&ked a dog.

As far as you know.

Even dogs have standards.

colourful sydney racing identity said :

James-T-Kirk said :

AWESOME – Beastiality is not illegal in the ACT – That means that having beastiality porn also must not be illegal…
quote]

wrong. sex between 16 year olds is not illegal in the ACT, however, possessing video or pictures of it is.

Exactly, every player who has forwarded that picture via SMS has used a carrier service to distribute illegal pornography. I bet half the Riders have forwarded it, and THAT IS AN OFFENCE UNDER COMMONWEALTH LAW!

The only good thing likely to to come of this is a change to the local legality of relationships with animals, either by adding a relvant section to either the Crimes Act 1900, Criminal Code 2002, or Animal Welfare Act 1992, courtesy of the RSPCA.
Which is evidently long overdue.

(Ideally it would be accompanied by a change to the tone of NRL’s annual Monday Madness and overall player behaviour, but I’m expecting just some kind of “When it is inappropriate to take pictures of yourself\mates” policy guidance or “Its okay to like domestic pets and other animals, but just enjoy them from a distance or touch them respectfully” sessions from the NRL…)

Chill out I-filed.

The genie is out of the bottle. I don’t think JB needs to reveal anymore than he already has if he doesn’t want to.

Everyone is talking about this.

Sad sad state of affairs for those involved in this incident – I’m just embarrassed that our Territory does not have sufficient legislation to deal with it, as is the case across the rest of Australia.

I-filed said :

JB, you’re happy to report & post on Monaghan’s behaviour but you’re complicit with the person who took the photo- himself complicit in the act? I’m questioning your ethics here – you’re pruriently posting as much material as you can get away with, and probably will reap a bit of commercial reward. If you’re prepared to confront my eyes with that pixillated pic, I’d like you to let us know who took the pic, and whether they are facing a bit of music as well …
Cheers

I didn’t write the defamation laws I-filed.

johnboy said :

New Yeah said :

What a truly unfortunate story.

I am wondering which of his ‘mates’ took the photo and shared it around. Can’t imagine it has a good effect on team unity.

Sadly I know the answer but can’t tell you.

JB, you’re happy to report & post on Monaghan’s behaviour but you’re complicit with the person who took the photo- himself complicit in the act? I’m questioning your ethics here – you’re pruriently posting as much material as you can get away with, and probably will reap a bit of commercial reward. If you’re prepared to confront my eyes with that pixillated pic, I’d like you to let us know who took the pic, and whether they are facing a bit of music as well …
Cheers

I wonder if he will get done on Terrierism charges.

Can you please repost the pic as a link or something? Even pixillated it is upsetting.

Who’s that with the doggie in the window?
The one with the pants at his knees?
Who’s that with the doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie won’t tell….

troll-sniffer12:26 pm 05 Nov 10

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

If you don%u2019t think a major football star caught with his dick in a dog is big news check this out:

That graph doesn’t prove anything. All it shows is that hits on the RiotACT go up and down all the time and have done for as far back as anybody can remember. This ‘spike’ doesn’t look any different to other rises in the hit count that have occurred in the past but they always go down again. I’ve looked closely at the hit counter for the Queanbeyan Bowls Club’s website and it shows that overall hits for Canberra websites have been flat since 1871.

Perhaps WMC you need glasses, or a course in how to read a graph. The evidence as presented is there plain as daylight. A mammoth spike. I was wondering why the site was hanging for the last couple of days, and that explains it.

It makes me wonder why any responsible pet owner would allow his dog to be ‘used” in this way, and if the team was present, are they also not also culpable or complicit in some way?

They didn’t say it was worse or better caf, just grosser.

it%u2019s one of the grosser things a prominent athlete has ever done

Has ever copped to doing, I should think. At the end of the day gang rapes are far worse.

At least this story seems to have disproved the old journalistic adage that “Dog bites Man” isn’t front page news!

REBEL888 sent this in as a story but I think it was meant to be a comment:

Farside – A dog dry humping Joel Monahan’s leg.No wonder the world can’t sort itself out when we waste time on this shit.To the ‘Canine Puritans’…you have a purpose but consider getting a life.What have you done today that will contribute to a better world ?

Obviously hasn’t seen the unpixelated photo.

colourful sydney racing identity12:06 pm 05 Nov 10

James-T-Kirk said :

AWESOME – Beastiality is not illegal in the ACT – That means that having beastiality porn also must not be illegal…
quote]

wrong. sex between 16 year olds is not illegal in the ACT, however, possessing video or pictures of it is.

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

If you don%u2019t think a major football star caught with his dick in a dog is big news check this out:

That graph doesn’t prove anything. All it shows is that hits on the RiotACT go up and down all the time and have done for as far back as anybody can remember. This ‘spike’ doesn’t look any different to other rises in the hit count that have occurred in the past but they always go down again. I’ve looked closely at the hit counter for the Queanbeyan Bowls Club’s website and it shows that overall hits for Canberra websites have been flat since 1871.

you’re missing the spike on the right hand side of the graph woody. normally we get just shy of 10,000 unique visitors a day. Yesterday was 27,142.

I think you’ve missed the use of humour there Jazz.

colourful sydney racing identity11:52 am 05 Nov 10

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

Helloooooooo Thumper %u2013 all the way up there on your %u2018oh so righteous%u2019 high-horse!

I have a bad feeling about this.

Grab a six pack and I’ll put on the popcorn.

James-T-Kirk11:51 am 05 Nov 10

Just in case you can’t tell sarcasm, the above comment was created to remind us as to why it is important to have an actual Government, not a council creating laws….. Me thinks we have a council!

Captain RAAF11:50 am 05 Nov 10

Poddy calves have suffered more than that dog ever will!

Well, I reckon the “Joel Monaghan Lap Dog Award” has just knocked the “Mully” for a six!

Everyone who is a Raiders player please take a step forward… Not so fast there, Joel.

🙁

James-T-Kirk11:42 am 05 Nov 10

AWESOME – Beastiality is not illegal in the ACT – That means that having beastiality porn also must not be illegal…

Woot!!! – Mr Conroy (or whoever is responsible for the internet filter) – Please don’t forget to allow us here in the ACT to access these images…

James-T-Kirk11:39 am 05 Nov 10

Did anybody notice the naked leg in the top right of the photo – Looks like a doggy gang bang!.

This just re-enforces the actual reality that the sport attracts all of societies undesirable characters.

Makes me want to cry for the dumb little girls who go looking for these types… Sigh – what low self esteem.

It takes a lot to disgust me, and I am disgusted.

What kind of sicko does this?

I feel sorry for his parents, and his family.

I couldn’t give a rat arse about his colleagues though, who knows what they’d do with it?

Really sick shit this.

Crucify away I say. We’ve all done some stupid stuff in our lives but man, this is out of control.

An urban legend has been born.

Woody Mann-Caruso11:29 am 05 Nov 10

Helloooooooo Thumper %u2013 all the way up there on your %u2018oh so righteous%u2019 high-horse!

I have a bad feeling about this.

Woody Mann-Caruso11:27 am 05 Nov 10

If you don%u2019t think a major football star caught with his dick in a dog is big news check this out:

That graph doesn’t prove anything. All it shows is that hits on the RiotACT go up and down all the time and have done for as far back as anybody can remember. This ‘spike’ doesn’t look any different to other rises in the hit count that have occurred in the past but they always go down again. I’ve looked closely at the hit counter for the Queanbeyan Bowls Club’s website and it shows that overall hits for Canberra websites have been flat since 1871.

Amanda Hugankis11:13 am 05 Nov 10

So before all you oh so righteous types crucify this man, just stop and consider that the type of man who has the credentials to be a top grade rugby league player will more often than not have the genes that will make him go just a bit further than the rest to achieve cred with his %u2018mates%u2019. It%u2019s human nature

Dude, there’s a dog giving him head.

Helloooooooo Thumper – all the way up there on your ‘oh so righteous’ high-horse! Giddy up!! Righteous my butt. Thumper is just calling the way most %u2018normal%u2019 people would see it.

Just wondering how his %u2018cred%u2019 is travelling now? 10 points to the boy with his L%u2019il Joel in the labrador. Seriously?

What%u2019s the old saying %u2018if your mates dared you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?%u2019. Wonder what the next %u2018prank%u2019 will be when sex acts with domestic pets gets old and doesn%u2019t cut the boy cred mustard.

Skidbladnir said :

…Care to pick something local (ie: this jurisdiction) or recent?

PS: If you had asked me on Monday if i’d be more familiar with the legalities of dogf***ing by Friday, I’d have laughed at you.

Just making the comparison. Goes to culpability for animal sex acts when under duress (drunk). Surely they can get done under the Commonwealth’s anti porn, censorship, and telecommunications laws.

sepi said :

#66 is far more offensive than the Erin Molan thing.Sexual assault is not funny.

what was the Erin Molan thing?? I am not in Canberra and I am curious.

Jazz said :

Interesting point PantsMan, however unfortunately for joel the repercussions extend far beyond the legal implicaitons of the act.

As a public figure and rolemodel he’s held to higher standards of behaviour than joe average.

I’d like to think that even Joe Average doesn’t put Willy in Rover, in which case I’d settle for the same standards as Joe Average.

I wonder if, in future, the raiders will make their players hand in any cameras or phones before drinking starts. That will stop problems like this.

That, or tell their players not to f??k dogs.

PantsMan said :

bestiality by compelling another to have sex with a dog.
Osland v R [1998] HCA 75:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1998/75.html
High Court of Australia
Case raised on appeal from the Supreme Court of Victoria
Crimes Act 1958 (Vic), s 323.
R v Bourne a husband was held guilty of bestiality after compelling his wife to have sexual intercourse with a dog.
R v Bourne: (1952) Criminal Appeal Reports of the United Kingdom

Care to pick something local (ie: this jurisdiction) or recent?

PS: If you had asked me on Monday if i’d be more familiar with the legalities of dogf***ing by Friday, I’d have laughed at you.

The photo of Joel Monaghan can be found here is anyone is still looking for it….

http://www.zerotackle.com.au/stupid-act-to-haunt-monaghan-200/

Interesting point PantsMan, however unfortunately for joel the repercussions extend far beyond the legal implicaitons of the act.

As a public figure and rolemodel he’s held to higher standards of behaviour than joe average.

I still don’t know why anyone cares.

colourful sydney racing identity10:06 am 05 Nov 10

I really hope that the club imposes some form of sanction on all the players who failed to stop this act of absolute idiocy. There should be some sort of duty of care here.

It is bad enough that he thought it would be funny/a good idea or whatever, but, for no other player to suggest that perhaps it wasn’t a good idea, or worse, encourage this behaviour is reprehensible.

If it was indeed a prank %u2018lolz im in ur housez doin ur dog%u2019(WMC) the person taking the photograph should receive a similar sanction to that that will be imposed on Monaghan.

Does anyone know if betting on the raiders to take the spoon next year has been suspended? This is going to be disasterous for team morale.

I really hope they have him on suicide watch.

Don’t know if this applies either:

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 – SECT 25

Research, teaching and breeding
(1) A person commits an offence if the person%u2014

(a) uses or breeds an animal for research or teaching; and

(b) the person does not have a licence to do so.

KB1971 said :

Just as well a Qantas plane blew up last night, not a mention of it in the news this morning.

If I were Qantas, I’d be crosschecking the engineering roster against the Raiders’ membership list…

Surely taking the photo is production of indecent material? Surely there have been offences committed here that will see the actual dogf*&ker and those who encouraged it and took the photos charged.

And, it looks like you can be guilty of bestiality (or, what I think they can get done for, publication of indecent material) by compelling another to have sex with a dog.

Osland v R [1998] HCA 75: “But in other cases, it is more accurate to describe the actual perpetrator as a non-responsible agent, rather than an innocent agent. Thus, in R v Bourne a husband was held guilty of bestiality after compelling his wife to have sexual intercourse with a dog. The husband was guilty even though his wife was never charged, presumably because the duress meant that she was not guilty of the offence.”

If I was the Joel, I would start talking about all the alcohol and other stuff they forced me to consume. If his ‘mates’ encouraged him to do it, maybe they could be prosecuted.

GO RAIDERS!

Wow, rugby players have really moved on from sticking tampons up their clacker & singing dirty songs, haven’t they?

I didn’t know dogs like cashews.

How can that be a prank on a absent teammate?

WTF?

Just when you think you’d seen it all this happens.

Sometimes I think footballers need to be neutered.

if he gets the sack over this, he could always start up Jackass Australia.

They did something equally obscene in Jackass 2, involving a horse and a jug.

grunge_hippy said :

I like how the site showing the blurred image says that its illegal, “even in ACT”.

They’re incorrect, though. Its not outside the law. Even Michael Linke points that out in the article header:

RSPCA Comment: The RSPCA%u2019s Michael Linke has made this comment:

Whilst it appears no laws have been broken, as CEO of RSPCA ACT I am disgusted at the image. Every day RSPCA works to improve the bond we have with our pets. The act degrades and shows complete disrespect for animals. This type of image violates the trust we receive from our pets and it is an act that should be made illegal in the ACT immediately.

Animal sex is a crime everywhere except here. Why? I really don’t have the slightest clue. Maybe we overlooked it when drafting laws, considering it ‘the lust we dare not mention’.

As I pointed out at in Comment #6:

Skidbladnir said :

According to Halsbury’s Laws of Australia:

New South Wales:
(Crimes Act 1900 s79, not more than 14 years imprisonment)
Northern Territory:
(Criminal Code s138, not more than 3 years imprisonment)
Queensland:
(Criminal Code s211: “carnal knowledge of an animal”, not more than 5 years imprisonment)
South Australia:
(Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 s69, “buggery with an animal”, not more than 10 years imprisonment)
Tasmania:
(Criminal Code s122(b), not more than 21 years imprisonment)
Victoria:
(Crimes Act 1958 s59, not more than 5 years imprisonment)
Western Australia:
(Criminal Code s181: “carnal knowledge of an animal”, not more than 7 years imprisonment).

ACT:
Nothing. Apparently we’re cool with it.
But surely that there’s some vagueness about what constitutes an ‘act of cruelty’ in the Animal Welfare Act?

If you want the law changed campaign the RSPCA, your MLAs, and the Attorney-General.

Woody Mann-Caruso9:30 am 05 Nov 10

I can%u2019t tell from the image ..has he got a bloody woody or what?

Leave me the f*ck out of this.

How is getting a dog to lick your cock a prank?

I get the impression it wasn’t his dog or his house, and the photo was a prank on the absent homeowner: ‘lolz im in ur housez doin ur dog’.

Hope somebody’s watching him closely. Eleven out of ten for stupid, but nothing worth getting fired or dead over.

troll-sniffer9:27 am 05 Nov 10

jennybel75 said :

How is getting a dog to lick your cock a prank?

As a ‘normal’ teenager growing up with ‘normal’ mates in the 70s (not the sofcock metro types living in today’s apartments) I can entirely sympathise with some aspects of the predicament that Joel has found himself in. He can blame the digital age for the scale of his problems though, especially the unthinking dickwad who distributed the photo.

If half of what my extended group of friends did had been captured by digital cameras and distributed on an internet, there would be several fewer policemen, lawyers and senior public servants around today. Sure, we didn’t do anything quite as morbidly obscene as this act but a lot of what we did would be considered antisocial by the pc brigade today. Why did we do it? Not because we had any innate leanings towards doing stupid things, but because we were in a group of young males where the stupider the action the more cred we got, albeit only temporarily.

So before all you oh so righteous types crucify this man, just stop and consider that the type of man who has the credentials to be a top grade rugby league player will more often than not have the genes that will make him go just a bit further than the rest to achieve cred with his ‘mates’. It’s human nature.

Then you can crucify him.

grunge_hippy9:23 am 05 Nov 10

I like how the site showing the blurred image says that its illegal, “even in ACT”.

yeah, cos we are all bang up for dog porn here.

porn yes. dog porn, not so much… unless you’re a drunk raider it seems.

Mike Bessenger9:16 am 05 Nov 10

Give the dog a (small) bone.

I wonder if he is waiting for the 2am phone call, pant pant pant pant pant pant…..

How is getting a dog to lick your cock a prank?

I tend to believe him when he stated it was a prank gone wrong. I am sure it seemed damn funny at the time. Who knew that your good mates would take a photo AND SHARE IT with the world and destroy your reputation and career?

I feel sorry for him. He is an idiot but I feel sorry for him.

New spokesman for the Million Paws walk?

These football clubs really really need to get their acts together and so some serious mentoring of their teams. Bringing young country guys to the city and then entrusting them to older gangs of team mates who get tanked and act like this just perpetuates this ridiculous behaviour.

There must be some way of making them take their million dollar contracts a bit more seriously.

Who does that?
Who does that in front of people?
Who does that in front of people with cameras?

What is wrong with the brains of footballers??? everyone involved should be bloody disgusted with themselves…

Skidd Marx said :

I hope he doesn’t neck himself over this. As dumb as it was, people have done worse things.

I’m sure the dog will be fine. Dogs sniff arses, lick genitals, eat shit, and hump legs all the time. This would be like going to confessional for him.

BerraBoy68 said :

Dear Mr Furner,

If you stick your penis in a puppy and your team-mates aren’t there to take a photo, is it still wrong?

Guess that would make it Puppytry of the Penis.

I’m hardly condoning Joel M’s decision to get a gobby off Goldie the labrador, but I do feel sympathy for the silly man. The twitter feed on the subject went berserk, his reputation’s been trashed in the national media, he’s issued a grovelling apology via his club, everybody’s talking about it and everybody’s swapping (I must say often very funny) jokes about man-dog love. I acknowledge he should’ve considered the consequences before his so-called mates reached for their 4g phones, but it’s turning into a systematic, co-ordinated public humiliation %u2026 so top marks to Joel Monaghan for stupidity, but maybe the punishment is worse than the crime in this case.

And I’m fascinated by this male-bonding stuff. These men seem to be in a culture where the booze fuels increasingly outrageous stunts as a way of building cred with one another. Their ‘mates’ stand around with their cameras to capture the magic, then betray one another when they hit pay-dirt. It makes me wonder what other stunts these characters get up to on camera and which don’t see the light of day.

PS PantsMan and creative_canberran – on the subject of John Hopoate %u2026 I think Warwick Hatfield of the ABC had the best joke %u2026 “well, he certainly brought the game into the digital age!” Gold!

I am sure there will be a marked increase of ‘green waste’ in the capital.

You wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a Raiders jersey.

Just as well a Qantas plane blew up last night, not a mention of it in the news this morning.

And you are all soooo certain Monaghan – to quote JB – “had his dick in a dog”.

Rather than an equally plausible scenario: “Hey guys, how about we stage this photo for a prank?”

Drunken guys on Mad Monday might just do such things.

But since JB got a spike in hits, it’s all OK. Ruining Monaghan’s life’s a mere byproduct.

Even with photography, context is everything. And with this pic JB from a Twitter stream we got none.

Groo said :

“he’s admitted it now retard who said that!!!

Good luck, Groo.

C’mon is it really that surprising from a rugby league player?

Both the Knights and the Bulldogs have had their go at pack rape, the raiders had to have their turn sometime..

I hope he doesn’t neck himself over this. As dumb as it was, people have done worse things.

“It’s soooo fake” yea well he’s admitted it now retard who said that!!! Like you, NRL is very ‘special’. It would be nothing without the Telegraph and Channel 9 crapping on like it’s the greatest thing in the world. I mean really!!! Bulldogs players got away with pack rape, the finger rapist on the field, now this!! Sick puppies. I wouldn’t care if the NRL folded. AFL and Super Rugby are the future.

Holden Caulfield12:40 am 05 Nov 10

Postalgeek said :

Raiders of the Lost Bark

Haha, that’s brilliant!

Deano said :

Don Furner, Raiders chief executive officer, said:

“Doing something stupid when you’re out on the drink like that or even at home, the perils of the media and the social media networks that are there today, it’s a great example of why you shouldn’t do it.”

Err, no. You shouldn’t do it because it is just plain wrong, not because you might get caught.

Indeed. That was a puzzling comment from Furner.

New Yeah said :

I am wondering which of his ‘mates’ took the photo and shared it around.

Well, remember what Paul Keating said: “If you want a friend in Canberra, get a dog.”

Probably not what he had in mind though.

Dear Mr Furner,

If you stick your penis in a puppy and your team-mates aren’t there to take a photo, is it still wrong?

If you don%u2019t think a major football star caught with his dick in a dog is big news check this out:…

ROTF&LMFAO!!!

New Yeah said :

What a truly unfortunate story.

I am wondering which of his ‘mates’ took the photo and shared it around. Can’t imagine it has a good effect on team unity.

Sadly I know the answer but can’t tell you.

What a truly unfortunate story.

I am wondering which of his ‘mates’ took the photo and shared it around. Can’t imagine it has a good effect on team unity.

creative_canberran11:39 pm 04 Nov 10

PantsMan said :

creative_canberran said :

Skidbladnir said :

From a legal perspective, many European countries have not yet outlawed this kind of sicko activity. Some have indeed avoided outlawing it so long as the animal isn’t harmed and no media (i.e. photographs) is produced.
Netherlands only outlawed it this year, France in 2004.
quote]
You know way too much about animal sex laws in certain European countries, including that it’s only an offence if you take photos – WTF!?!

I wounder how the Raiders’ membership drive (launched today) will go this year?

I remember Roy and HG’s comment on the John Hopoate incident: ‘Roy, all those mums out there with young kiddies must be now thinking “My son’s an arse specialist; now there’s a sport for him.”‘

Firstly, grow up.
Second, learn how to quote on this site, your formatting is all screwed up
Third, if you Google Skidbladnir’s original comment, it will take you to a graph on Wikipedia which compares the laws in various jurisdictions. That where the comparison came from. Until I read that graph, I had assumed that it would be universally illegal.

Don Furner, Raiders chief executive officer, said:

“Doing something stupid when you’re out on the drink like that or even at home, the perils of the media and the social media networks that are there today, it’s a great example of why you shouldn’t do it.”

Err, no. You shouldn’t do it because it is just plain wrong, not because you might get caught.

Raiders of the Lost Bark

What a tosser. Only confirms my theory that Monaghan is the dumbest guy playing for the Raiders.

Eyeball In A Quart Jar Of Snot said :

Canberra will be better off not being associated to the novelty sport that promotes sexual and physical assaults of women and now bestiality.

And let’s be fair: rugby loig is a novelty sport with less international exposure than handball.

Perhaps Gallop can relocate the NRL to PNG considering it is the only country that fully embraces the game.

You Gumbies fans are getting desperate. Anything to draw attention away from the fact that your team:

– Can’t win a game.
– Is basically insolvent.
– Only wants to be associated with the ACT when it wants something from the ACT Government.
– Takes its fans and the goodwill of Canberrans for granted.

The more I hear people like yourself dragging out the old “Rugby is a world game” chestnut, the more it sounds like an attempt to make up for the fact that your sport is a marginalised, fourth-string code in this country. AFL gets no international exposure either – maybe we should get rid of it, as well?

Quote Mcauly Culkin:

“Your dogs a ball sniffer…..”

At the risk of interbreeding (sorry) two distinct types of social media; thought this was interesting from twitter:

Aaron_Meadows: RT @WyattRoyMP: Hey Joel, how bout explaining the other substances consumed that day..? #nrl #Monaghan #drugtest
15 minutes ago via Echofon

Deckard said :

The lengths someone will go to to have a chance to lift the Mully Cup. What will they do next?!?!?!

I think this effort earns Joel Monaghan the Mully Cup in perpetuity.

Holden Caulfield8:08 pm 04 Nov 10

Help, a dingo’s got my baby!

And unbuckled his belt and pulled his pants down.

Give the guy a break – he’s the victim here. Obviously being attacked by an incredibly horny dog. Normally they just hump your leg but this one goes in for a bit more foreplay.

I can’t tell from the image ..has he got a bloody woody or what?

Please keep your horses safe……………..!!!

Okay, now just everyone hold their horses………………………..no, I really mean it……….just in case this guy starts exploring his inner, softer side again!

Instant Mash7:09 pm 04 Nov 10

And that’s my day made hahahahaha.

creative_canberran said :

Skidbladnir said :

From a legal perspective, many European countries have not yet outlawed this kind of sicko activity. Some have indeed avoided outlawing it so long as the animal isn’t harmed and no media (i.e. photographs) is produced.
Netherlands only outlawed it this year, France in 2004.
quote]
You know way too much about animal sex laws in certain European countries, including that it’s only an offence if you take photos – WTF!?!

I wounder how the Raiders’ membership drive (launched today) will go this year?

I remember Roy and HG’s comment on the John Hopoate incident: ‘Roy, all those mums out there with young kiddies must be now thinking “My son’s an arse specialist; now there’s a sport for him.”‘

Holden Caulfield said :

Oh, so that’s what a labradoodle looks like!

lolz

The lengths someone will go to to have a chance to lift the Mully Cup. What will they do next?!?!?!

Holden Caulfield6:52 pm 04 Nov 10

Oh, so that’s what a labradoodle looks like!

georgesgenitals6:46 pm 04 Nov 10

Wow, that’s not a very nice picture. Doing it is pretty grotty, taking a photo and putting it up on the web…

ummmm_no said :

Looks like a very poor-quality fake.

I still reckon there’s no way that looks like Courtney Love…

creative_canberran6:27 pm 04 Nov 10

Skidbladnir said :

According to Halsbury’s Laws of Australia:

ACT:
Nothing. Apparently we’re cool with it.
But surely that there’s some vagueness about what constitutes an ‘act of cruelty’ in the Animal Welfare Act?

On a funny side note, until amended, the Crimes Act 1900 (ACT) formerly had a section which prohibited “carnal knowledge of an idiot or imbecile”. Gosh knows what such a law would do to some of the folk around Banks or Charnwood 🙂

From a legal perspective, many European countries have not yet outlawed this kind of sicko activity. Some have indeed avoided outlawing it so long as the animal isn’t harmed and no media (i.e. photographs) is produced.
Netherlands only outlawed it this year, France in 2004.

Strange that the ACT has not done so yet given all other states have, even stranger though that so many countries on a whole haven’t.

PantsMan said :

PS: Mully never f*&ked a dog.

As far as you know.

Skidbladnir said :

According to Halsbury’s Laws of Australia:

Tasmania:
(Criminal Code s122(b), not more than 21 years imprisonment)

Now I know why NRL never took off in Tasmania. How is it that we have a Human Rights Act, but you can f*7k a dog!?! Are we going to get a statue of it? I’m going to write to Stanhope!

PS: Mully never f*&ked a dog.

A young man is walking through a small village one day and decides to stop by a bar and have a beer. He walks into a bar, and sees a grizzled old man, crying into his beer.
Curious, the young man sits down and says, “Hey old timer, why the long face?”
The old man looks at him and points out the window, “See that dock out there? One summer when I was 18, I built that entire dock with my own two hands, plank by plank, nail by nail, but did they call me Billy the dockbuilder? No.”
The old man continued, “And see that ship out there? I’ve been fishing these waters around my village since I was 35! But do they call me Billy the fisherman? No.”
The old man continued, “And see all the crops in the farms out there? I planted and have been farming those crops for my village since my wife died nearly 40 years ago! But do they call me Billy the farmer? No, no, no!”
“But if you f*ck just one goat…”

Eyeball In A Quart Jar Of Snot5:51 pm 04 Nov 10

Pork Hunt said :

Eyeball In A Quart Jar Of Snot said :

Typical mungo behaviour.

I think it’s time to ship this team off elsewhere.

Explain your logic please.

Canberra will be better off not being associated to the novelty sport that promotes sexual and physical assaults of women and now bestiality.

And let’s be fair: rugby loig is a novelty sport with less international exposure than handball.

Perhaps Gallop can relocate the NRL to PNG considering it is the only country that fully embraces the game.

amarooresident35:33 pm 04 Nov 10

Not one person who was there thought that this was a bad idea? D*ckheads.

Presuming he gets to play next year, I look forward to the constant barking from the stands everytime he gets the ball.

Eyeball In A Quart Jar Of Snot said :

Typical mungo behaviour.

I think it’s time to ship this team off elsewhere.

Explain your logic please.

Eyeball In A Quart Jar Of Snot5:10 pm 04 Nov 10

Typical mungo behaviour.

I think it’s time to ship this team off elsewhere.

“It%u2019s very disappointing; he appears to have been subjected to a bit of tomfoolery by some teammates,” said Monaghan%u2019s manager, Jim Banaghan.
“One of his teammates has taken a picture of it and it%u2019s been passed around.”

I don’t really see how it being Mad Monday makes it any better.

Are we meant to take the statement as “Well, as every seasoned player knows, sometimes after playing rugby for a tough season you just need to kind of let off some steam, get really pissed, a fuck a dog while your teammates watchie: an alternative method of team bonding or are we meant to take it as a “Nobody was meant to take photos, so he’s really a victim here…” shifting of blame onto the photographer?

Also, did the picture get taken in Canberra (where its apparently not a crime), or was it in another State (ie: Queanbeyan, where its actually a crime)?
Do we have a comment from the RSPCA?

#66 is far more offensive than the Erin Molan thing.Sexual assault is not funny.

I can see the new Brumbies bumper stickers Brumbies logo and “I love dogs the way that isn’t ick”.

Outta Control4:57 pm 04 Nov 10

What’s so unusual about Monaghan having sex with a dog? Judging by some of the females who have made “sexual assault” allegations against players, it’s not the first dog many of them have been involved with.

sunshinelollipops4:50 pm 04 Nov 10

I think the fact that his mates are all standing around taking photos of it shows it wouldn’t be anything innocent he’s doing to the dog whether someone amended the photo afterwards or not.

Skidbladnir said :

colourful sydney racing identity said :

I have just had the misfortune of seeing the photo

Bosworth said :

quickly check this before…

ummmm_no said :

Looks like a very poor-quality fake.

trickyxr said :

seems like all pics have been removed

PBO said :

Well I saved a copy…

Rollersk8r said :

It’s a very clear (and disturbing) shot…

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

*hunts around*
*finds pic*
*throws up in own mouth*

motleychick said :

Where can I find the pic?

JessP said :

A hint to where alledged photo could be found is appreciated!

JessP said :

I found it and it isnt pretty. One sick puppy….

A word of friendly advice for you all:
STOP HUNTING FOR DOG PORN.

The internet has very dark corners.

I love how you notice parallels and linkages.

colourful sydney racing identity4:43 pm 04 Nov 10

Was it a male dog? Does that make him gay as well?

Amanda Hugankis4:43 pm 04 Nov 10

This isn’t funny. It isn’t Tom Foolery. Forgive me for being a prude – but its effing disgusting!

Truly, honestly, what is wrong with these people … and/or people that find it funny, entertaining, tomfoolery or any other form of mirth?

The sport – for better or worse – is a business. Can you imagine what would happen to a local business if stuff about its staff like this got out? Would you want to give them your money? So many young fellas who’d be willing to walk a reasonably broad but straight line for a shot at getting paid to play footy, and the stick by these sick little #@$&ers.

I’m guessing there is serious money to be made being a high quality minder for a NRL team…

Who does he think he is, a member of the Tory party?

PBO said :

Well I saved a copy and I think that it is quite real, and my mum says peanut butter isnt good for dogs.

Did she also say “Stopi it or you will go blind”??

Clown Killer4:36 pm 04 Nov 10

… he appears to have been subjected to a bit of tomfoolery by some teammates

Tomfoolery? He’s getting a blow-job off a dog FFS!

colourful sydney racing identity4:32 pm 04 Nov 10

pptvb said :

A labdance?

1

colourful sydney racing identity4:28 pm 04 Nov 10

Skidbladnir said :

colourful sydney racing identity said :

I have just had the misfortune of seeing the photo

A word of friendly advice for you all:
STOP HUNTING FOR DOG PORN.

The internet has very dark corners.

For the record, I didn’t seek it out – interspecies erotica is not my thing.

A labdance?

Sydney Morning Herald website has the story up now with his name and picture. Doubt there’s much point hiding his name now.

Of course, the SMH can probably afford more expensive lawyers than riotact.

I’m sure his mother is so proud right now.

Woody Mann-Caruso4:12 pm 04 Nov 10

The internet has very dark corners.

You might be eaten by a grue.

Or a pit bull.

Clown Killer4:12 pm 04 Nov 10

We he certainly seems to be enjoying himself. Cant tell if the dog is – the way the picture is composed you cant see if it’s wagging it’s tail or not.

colourful sydney racing identity said :

I have just had the misfortune of seeing the photo

Bosworth said :

quickly check this before…

ummmm_no said :

Looks like a very poor-quality fake.

trickyxr said :

seems like all pics have been removed

PBO said :

Well I saved a copy…

Rollersk8r said :

It’s a very clear (and disturbing) shot…

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

*hunts around*
*finds pic*
*throws up in own mouth*

motleychick said :

Where can I find the pic?

JessP said :

A hint to where alledged photo could be found is appreciated!

JessP said :

I found it and it isnt pretty. One sick puppy….

A word of friendly advice for you all:
STOP HUNTING FOR DOG PORN.

The internet has very dark corners.

It just shows how clever Todd Carney was dumping the Raiders!

Nothing worse than having a big night then waking up to a dog the next morning.

colourful sydney racing identity4:05 pm 04 Nov 10

there is a big footy site that contains all sorts of gossip. mainly covers AFL but likes to cover NRL scandals

TheObserver said :

And in a related story the Canberra Raiders have confirmed Pet’s Paradise as a sponsor in 2011.

A Gold!

I’ll bet the dog was disappointed, wanted a meal not a snack.

“If he did it, it is something he will live with for the rest of his life,” Raiders chief executive Don Furner said. “We don’t know whether it’s authentic but I am as appalled as everyone else. If he did do it, I don’t know why he would do it.”

Not exactly a vote of confidence from his boss. Surely if you were holding a press conference about the incident you would have asked the player concerned beforehand if it was real?

And in a related story the Canberra Raiders have confirmed Pet’s Paradise as a sponsor in 2011.

Pommy bastard3:53 pm 04 Nov 10

Did no one tell him he’s supposed to use the dog to round up a sheep?

A good looking one mind you.

Nothing wrong with sex with a sheep, except you have to go all the way round the front for a kiss.

JessP said :

A hint to where alledged photo could be found is appreciated!

I just searched for the player in question on Google, and the 3rd link was for a twitpic link…

JessP said :

A hint to where alledged photo could be found is appreciated!

Somehow I don’t think you will actually appreciate it, well unless you’re into that sort of thing.

I found it and it isnt pretty. One sick puppy….

This story started breaking for us late last night for the first 14 or so hours it made me really depressed and sad.

Now it’s giving me the giggles in what I suspect is a stress reaction.

Brings a whole new meaning to so-and-so played doggedly.

Arrrgggh, my eyes.

Lesson to self, don’t go looking for something that you really, really don’t want to see.

A hint to where alledged photo could be found is appreciated!

Woody Mann-Caruso3:41 pm 04 Nov 10

would it be wrong to post a link?

Use your imagination. Failing that, remember that Wikipedia never forgets, and that even if somebody removes ‘vandalism’, a link might remain in the footnotes.

Where can I find the pic?

I had best not then. Advice taken.

Holden Caulfield3:39 pm 04 Nov 10

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

*hunts around*
*finds pic*
*throws up in own mouth*

If you ask nicely you might be able to chunder in the alleged player’s mouth next time.

Gantz said :

would it be wrong to post a link?

Pretty much.

would it be wrong to post a link?

Woody Mann-Caruso3:27 pm 04 Nov 10

*hunts around*
*finds pic*
*throws up in own mouth*

And who’s the bloke standing to his left also snapping pics? With the photographer, that makes at least two other people in the room. I mean, we’ve all got p*ssed with a couple of mates and done some stupid sh*t, but what’s wrong with lighting your farts on fire or making a bottle pyramid around somebody’s head after they pass out?

ummmm_no said :

Looks like a very poor-quality fake.

I don’t understand how it is poor quality or fake? It’s a very clear (and disturbing) shot. It’s just whether it’s him or not – and my 2c says it is!

Best case – it’s not him and he’s in for a lifetime of jokes. Worst case – welcome to the Maconochie Centre!

sure it’s not just a groupie from Mooseheads?

Well I saved a copy and I think that it is quite real, and my mum says peanut butter isnt good for dogs.

Apparently he was just taking a drugs test; he got confused when they asked him to leave a sample in the lab!

man’s best friend?!

seems like all pics have been removed

Sick puppy…

colourful sydney racing identity3:01 pm 04 Nov 10

Keijidosha said :

I call fake.

have you seen it?

Holden Caulfield3:00 pm 04 Nov 10

SEN has updated their story and removed any reference to [redacted]’s name.

I hope this accusation is false, and if so it%u2019s very sad for him.

I call fake.

This is taking the beer goggles theory to a whole new level….

colourful sydney racing identity2:33 pm 04 Nov 10

I have just had the misfortune of seeing the photo, if it is a fake it is very high quality. What was he thinking? DOGS HAVE SHARP TEETH

Did somebody check the pixels?

I’m scared to view the new ‘unoffical Raiders website’ now. Who knows what pictures it may contain.

You’d never see a Brumby behave like this 😉

*Kicks RL whilst it’s down*

colourful sydney racing identity2:18 pm 04 Nov 10

what a dog act

Looks like a very poor-quality fake.

neanderthalsis1:44 pm 04 Nov 10

Skidbladnir said :

According to Halsbury’s Laws of Australia:

ACT:
Nothing. Apparently we’re cool with it.
But surely that there’s some vagueness about what constitutes an ‘act of cruelty’ in the Animal Welfare Act?

This adds another P to the outsiders view of Canberra: Pot, Porn, Pyrotechnics and Pets…

poor bloody dog…

So he is an animal lover then? oh, sorry!

Very questionable indeed…

According to Halsbury’s Laws of Australia:

New South Wales:
(Crimes Act 1900 s79, not more than 14 years imprisonment)
Northern Territory”
(Criminal Code s138, not more than 3 years imprisonment)
Queensland:
(Criminal Code s211: “carnal knowledge of an animal”, not more than 5 years imprisonment)
South Australia:
(Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 s69, “buggery with an animal”, not more than 10 years imprisonment)
Tasmania:
(Criminal Code s122(b), not more than 21 years imprisonment)
Victoria:
(Crimes Act 1958 s59, not more than 5 years imprisonment)
Western Australia:
(Criminal Code s181: “carnal knowledge of an animal”, not more than 7 years imprisonment).

ACT:
Nothing. Apparently we’re cool with it.
But surely that there’s some vagueness about what constitutes an ‘act of cruelty’ in the Animal Welfare Act?

neanderthalsis1:17 pm 04 Nov 10

“allegedly photographed surfaced of him engaging in a lewd act with a dog.”

What appalling abuse of the English language in the article. I know the standard of modern journalism has been in steady decline, but do news websites not have editors?

It seems that young [Redacted] is the natural replacement for Todd Carney and yet another reason that rugby league players should not be allowed to mix with the general populace.

quickly check this before the sabotage is repaired:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%5Bredacted%5D

Ewwww! What the hell? Truly disturbing…

He should go play for the Bulldogs..

Who cares?

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