Wallabies star Kurtley Beale enjoys a morning on the beach with his supportive wife as he faces charges of alleged rape in a pub toilet
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Wallabies star Kurtley Beale has enjoyed a morning on the beach with his wife and child as he battles allegations he raped a woman in the toilet of a popular Bondi pub.
The 34-year-old and his partner Maddi and their son Kurtley visited Bronte Beach, in eastern Sydney, on Saturday morning.
Beale is currently out on bail after being charged in January with allegedly assaulting a 28-year-old woman in the toilets of the Beach Road Hotel in Bondi.
Wallabies star Kurtley Beale has enjoyed a morning on the beach with his wife and child as he battles allegations he raped a woman in the toilet of a popular Bondi pub
The 34-year-old and his partner Maddi and their son Kurtley visited Bronte Beach, in eastern Sydney, on Saturday morning.
The rugby star appeared to be taking some rest in the surf with his family and opted for some parakeet smugglers as he took a dip in the water on the beach.
He was later seen wearing a white cap and blue T-shirt walking the boardwalk pushing the pram while his son Kurtley rested in it.
The trio took a break and sat down at a table outside a café while Beale rested his son on his knee.
Police allege Beale sexually assaulted the woman on Dec. 17 last year.
Australia’s rugby union international has denied the allegations.
At a recent bail hearing, it was said that there was a taped conversation between Beale and his alleged victim and that the rugby player reportedly sent a message to a friend saying he had ‘messed up’.
Beale has been charged with two counts of sexually touching another person without consent, inciting another to touch them sexually without consent and having sexual intercourse without consent.
Prosecutor Scott Thompson said the courthouse police recorded a conversation between Beale and the alleged victim. “That conversation refers to what I would say (were) confessions,” he said.
Sergeant Thompson told the court that Beale allegedly sent a message to a friend saying ‘Yeah I messed up, I got to the pub before Chrissy’.
The rugby star appeared to be taking some rest on the surf with his family and opted for some parakeet smugglers as he took a dip in the water on the beach
But Beale’s attorney, Stephen Stanton, argued that the calls and texts were “an admission of infidelity, no more, no less,” and unrelated to the assault allegations.
Beale, who has played 95 Tests for Australia, was granted bail on the condition that he does not contact the alleged victim or enter an airport.
He has also been forced to surrender his passport and must report to Waverley Police Station twice a week on Mondays and Fridays.
Beale subsequently obtained a restraining order to protect the woman he is accused of raping.
The pre-trial detention order was issued after Beale was released on bail.
Under the terms of the warrant, Beale is prohibited from approaching or contacting the 28-year-old woman he allegedly raped, except through a lawyer.
He is also not allowed to try to find the woman, or go within 100 meters of where she lives or works.
Standard AVO terms prevent Beale from assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing or harassing the alleged victim or anyone she has a domestic relationship with.
There is no suggestion that Beale did any of those things, only that the police sought the warrant.