Brett Finch: Disgraced NRL player to be sentenced for sharing child abuse material
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Doomsday for Brett Finch: disgraced footy player to learn his fate for sharing child abuse material via gay sex chat line
- Brett Finch must learn his sentence for sharing child sexual abuse material
- Former NSW halfback has been released on bail before his Monday conviction
- He was one of eight men arrested for alleged involvement in the telephone chat line
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Former NRL star Brett Finch must hear his sentence for sharing child sexual abuse material.
The 41-year-old will be sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in August to charges of using a carriage service to transmit, publish or promote abusive material.
Finch was arrested in December 2021 as one of eight men charged with involvement in a telephone chat line. Police allege they discussed child sexual abuse and exchanged material depicting abuse.
The former NSW halfback is out on bail before sentencing.
Footy’s Brett Finch is ready to learn his fate for sharing child sexual abuse material. Above, Finch at the NSW District Court on Monday
Six other similar charges against Finch were dropped at an earlier hearing.
Finch played three State of Origins for NSW and won a premiership in 2009 with Melbourne Storm.
His crowning moment came in the 2006 Origin opener when he kicked a match-winning field goal for the Blues.
The 2004 Dally M halfback played 270 NRL games and 60 English Super League games before retiring as a commentator with Fox Sports and the Nine Network.
Life after football was dogged by mental health issues and time in rehab, with Finch speaking publicly about his drug use and battle with addiction.
Finch can be seen above during his arrest by detectives at his home in December 2021
The court heard earlier that there are psychological problems with Finch. Pictured above with his wife Elli
After pleading guilty to the charges, his attorney Paul McGirr told AAP that mental health issues played a role in his offense.
“It can be explained by the position he was in at the time, as opposed to the position he is in now in treatment for his mental health,” he said out of court in August.
Finch is due to appear in court at Downing Center in Sydney on Monday.