See the shocking moment cancer-stricken footy WAG Kellie Finlayson’s brother is allegedly coward punched outside a pub before being rushed to hospital
AFL WAG Kellie Finlayson’s brother was allegedly given a cowardly beating before being rushed to hospital in Port Lincoln, South Australia, on Saturday evening.
Port Adelaide man Jeremy Finlayson’s brother-in-law Jake Gardner was allegedly knocked unconscious by two men as he left the Pier Hotel bar this weekend.
The 26-year-old was quickly rushed to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
He was later discharged and sent to Adelaide to receive head scans.
Two 24-year-old men have been arrested by police and charged over the incident.
The men were charged with assault and appeared in the Port Lincoln Magistrates Court on Monday.
AFL WAG Kellie Finlayson’s brother was allegedly given a cowardly beating before being rushed to hospital on Saturday evening as he left a pub in Port Lincoln, South Australia. (Photo: Jeremy Finlayson from Port Adelaide with his wife Kellie and daughter Sophia)
Port Adelaide man Jeremy Finlayson’s brother-in-law Jake Gardner (pictured) was allegedly beaten unconscious by two men as he left the Pier Hotel bar this weekend.
During the hearing, the French nationals were released on bail and ordered to surrender their passports.
Gardner’s older sister is footy WAG Kellie Finlayson, who is currently battling stage 4 bowel and lung cancer.
In October, Kellie revealed that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the severe mental toll her ongoing treatment has taken on her.
“I didn’t really take PTSD seriously before, but now I experience it myself to the point where I work myself into anxiety before getting treatment,” Kellie told the Herald Sun.
‘It makes me so much sicker. I am currently receiving chemotherapy, but undergoing a series of intensive treatments has taken its toll.’
Kellie said she is now committed to raising awareness about living with the cruel disease and dispelling some common misconceptions about it.
‘Bowel cancer is definitely being talked about more as a disease of the elderly. It’s not. “I was young, the fittest I had ever been, running marathons, the height of health,” she said.
The 26-year-old was quickly rushed to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Pictured: An image of the alleged altercation
The men were charged with assault and appeared in the Port Lincoln Magistrates Court on Monday
‘Yet the cancer still managed to affect me and get me when I least expected it.’
Kellie recently shared Ant Middleton ‘she didn’t want her life to be determined by her illness’ Novas Main game podcast.
‘If I’m still alive, I might as well live. I’m living on borrowed time. I have to make the best of it,” Kellie said.
Kellie, who is married to Port Adelaide star Jeremy Finlayson, 28, added that she was proud to be ‘thriving’ with cancer.
The couple revealed in August that they were selling their property so they could move into a place better suited to providing Kellie with in-home care.
The social media influencer is battling colon and lung cancer after being diagnosed in November 2021 following the birth of the couple’s daughter, Sophia.
She underwent several surgeries and chemotherapy after her initial stage 3 diagnosis worsened to stage 4.
In July, she confirmed the sad news that she would have to resume chemotherapy to quickly get rid of the cancer, which had started growing again after she stopped chemotherapy and radiation therapy in favor of natural and alternative treatments.