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‘He told me to kill my unborn child’: ex-Hawthorn coaches Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan allegedly pressured Indigenous player to let his partner have an ABORTION, finds club review
- Clarkson would have pressured player to have his baby aborted, separated from partner
- Former assistant to Hawks coach Chris Fagan is also named in allegations
- Club referred the claims to the AFL .’s Integrity Unit
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Ex-Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was part of a group of senior staff who reportedly told an Indigenous player to pressure his partner into ending her pregnancy and did everything he could to separate First Nations stars from their loved ones, will reveal a review commissioned by the club.
Associates implicated in the allegations also include his former Clarkson assistant Chris Fagan, now the Brisbane Lions coach, according to a report from the ABC.
The report claims the incidents took place during the club’s golden streak of success under Clarkson, when they won the 2008 grand final and three consecutive premierships from 2013-2015.
Clarkson (pictured with Luke Hodge celebrating Hawthorn’s 2014 premiership win) is said to have told an Indigenous player to get his partner to abort their child and break up with her
It is also alleged that Clarkson’s former assistant Chris Fagan – now coach of the Brisbane Lions – was a member of the group of senior Hawks figures who allegedly pushed the player to have his unborn child terminated
The report’s most damning claim is that a player who was “elated” by the news of his partner’s pregnancy was urged by a group of coaches, including Clarkson and Fagan, to tell her to abort the child and give it up. to make.
“Clarkson just bent over me and demanded that I get rid of my unborn child and partner,” claimed the player, who is referred to only as “Ian” in the report.
“I was then manipulated and convinced to remove my SIM card from my phone so that there was no contact between my family and me.
“He told me to kill my unborn child.”
It is said that Ian’s partner Amy was in deep shock when she heard the news.
“He could barely pronounce the words and he seemed to be crying, and he was quick to tell us to end the pregnancy and end the relationship,” she said in the report.
“I will never forget that phone call or the heartbreak I felt at that moment. I was numb on the spot, completely numb from what I’d just heard Ian say.’
The assessment was given to Hawthorn’s management two weeks ago and the club released the following statement on Wednesday morning.
Earlier this year, the Hawthorn Football Club engaged outside First Nations advisers to work with current and former First Nations players and staff to learn more about their experience at the club.
“This important work has raised disturbing historical allegations that require further investigation. Upon learning of these allegations, the club immediately engaged AFL Integrity as appropriate.”
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