The famous NRL star’s ex-wife breaks down in tears in court after revealing how she was left ‘humiliated’ when children saw footy players’ sex tape on an iPad

The ex-wife of an NRL top star burst into tears as she spoke of her ‘duty as a mother’ and how she was ‘mortified’ that her children had found pornographic photos and videos of her ex and his new partner on an iPad.

The woman appeared in Sydney’s Downing Center court for a second day on Friday, battling allegations of distributing and recording revenge porn with her NRL ex-husband.

The court heard that the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, became aware of the pornographic photos and videos when her children and two of their friends found them on an iPad last October.

She continued to testify on Friday, where she told the court she had found “several images and videos of sexual intercourse,” including the NRL star “digitally penetrating” his new partner and “several sexual positions” on the iPad.

“I saw them touching each other inappropriately nude… which I see as children witnessing inappropriate content,” the woman said.

“Then I saw a lot of domestic violence… a very worrying amount.”

On Thursday, the woman told the court she was making breakfast for the four children when she saw them huddled and looking at an iPad.

She said she heard the kids “oh-ing and ah-ing,” as one of them made comments like “oh my god, that’s so inappropriate.”

The woman said a friend of her young child then came to her and showed her the iPad, which she said belonged to her son and was mostly used at her ex-husband’s house.

A photo on the iPad showed her ex-husband’s new partner “naked” with her “breasts exposed,” posing “in a manner that covered her genitals,” the court said.

During cross-examination by police prosecutor Craig Pullen on Friday, the woman burst into tears and was asked if the photos belonged to her.

“It’s not my property, but when it comes to my house, my two very young children are witnessing pornographic images and domestic violence,” the woman said with tears in her eyes.

“I have a duty as a mother, and with other children in my care, to protect (them).”

She told the court she was “shocked” when she first saw the photo in the hands of a child.

The court was told that the woman had also found photographs showing alleged violence between her ex-husband and his new partner.

Photos submitted to the court taken by the wife from the iPad show the new partner with a red, swollen face and bruised eye, the court was told.

The woman told the court she took the photos because she was concerned about what her children might see when they are in their father’s care.

“What happens between those two is so toxic and volatile and that’s not for me to sort out,” she told the court.

“I protected my children.”

The court was told she had found texts on her son’s iPad between her ex-husband and his new partner claiming domestic violence.

The court heard one of the texts say, “You nearly broke my hand, you made me want to die.”

She said she also found notes on the iPad documenting alleged verbal abuse against the new partner.

The woman denied suggestions from Senior Sergeant Pullen that the children may have only seen one image on the iPad, but she told the court she saw them “swipe” through the photos.

She told the court that she forwarded a screenshot to the child’s parent in an attempt to “apologise profusely” and explain the situation.

The court heard she felt she had a “duty” to inform the children’s mother “what the contents were.”

The other mother testified Friday afternoon and told the court she had asked her friend to send her what her children had seen so she could discuss the contents with them.

“I wanted to know everything … my kids had seen it on the iPad,” the woman told the court.

She revealed how she was left ‘humiliated’ when her ex-husband’s sex tape was discovered on an iPad by kids

Defense attorney Christopher Cole, who represented the NRL star’s ex-wife, told the court it was not in dispute that the woman had sent the photos to her boyfriend, but she defended it on the basis that it “reasonable” was that she had recorded and handed out the images.

The court heard that the woman had sent her ex-husband and his new partner a message saying that she had ‘recorded everything now’.

“If you do something wrong by the kids or by me, it will be in court,” the court was told in the message.

On Friday, she explained that she sent the message because she feared her children were witnessing domestic violence.

Police allege that the woman illegally ‘recorded’ the videos and images of the sex acts without the consent of the NRL star or his new partner.

The woman is charged with deliberately distributing an intimate image without consent and with intentionally recording an intimate image without consent.

Under new NSW laws dealing with revenge porn, a number of ‘exceptions’ can be used as a defense.

These included whether a “reasonable person would consider the suspect’s behavior acceptable” if they were to distribute the footage.

The court will have to determine the nature and content of the material, ‘the circumstances’ in which it was included and the extent to which the privacy of the alleged victims has been compromised.

The hearing will resume in March, where the magistrate is expected to reach a verdict.