Footy star Jarryd Hayne gets huge news as court makes decision on his THIRD sexual assault trial
Footy superstar Jarryd Hayne wants alleged rape victim to testify in court AGAIN – as judge makes a key decision on his third sexual assault trial
- Ex-NRL superstar was convicted in second trial before that was quashed
- Hayne’s first trial on sexual assault charges ended in hung jury
- Was sentenced to five years and nine months jail
Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne is due to face a jury in a matter of weeks for his third sexual assault trial.
The former footy legend did not appear in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Monday as lawyers confirmed the trial will be going ahead on March 6.
Defence solicitor Lauren MacDougall faced court on behalf of Mr Hayne.
She told the court she will be applying to recall the complainant to give evidence in the new trial.
Judge Warwick Hunt confirmed the trial date.
Hayne (pictured at Sydney’s Merrylands Police station in February 2022 as part of his bail conditions) has learned when he’ll face his third trial for sexual assault
The former NRL superstar was all smiles as he met a friend while he left jail in February last year after his conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered
‘The accused has put the crown on notice that it seeks to recall the complainant,’ Judge Hunt said before adjourning the matter for one week for pre-trial orders to be made.
Mr Hayne’s trial in March will be the third he has faced over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in Newcastle in 2018.
Following three days of deliberations by a jury, he was last year found guilty of sexually assaulting the woman at her Newcastle home on NRL grand final night in 2018.
He was subsequently sentenced by Judge Helen Syme to five years and nine months jail, with a non-parole period of three years and eight months.
The former superstar (pictured playing for Parramatta in 2010) was regarded as one of the game’s most exciting players at his peak – and even tried his hand at the NFL
The former Dally M winner and ex-NFL convert sat in Cooma Correctional Centre for nine months before the state’s highest court, the Court of Criminal Appeal, quashed his conviction and ordered a retrial.
Mr Hayne walked out of prison on February 15 in time to celebrate his 34th birthday.
The first trial in Newcastle in late 2020 ended in a hung jury and Hayne has consistently denied the allegations.
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