Sam Burgess reportedly called to face court for AVO application
Police have reportedly granted a temporary apprehended violence order against NRL superstar Sam Burgess on behalf of his father-in-law.
The Daily Telegraph reports NSW Police have granted Hooke a temporary AVO against Burgess following an argument on Saturday.
The report claims police attended the home of Mr Hooke in Bowral, country NSW, on Saturday after he called police following the argument at his family home.
Channel 9 reported on Sunday night an incident occurred at the Bowral residence around 5pm (AEDT) on Saturday.
Burgess was reportedly asked to leave the property by Hooke when the argument turned heated.
Burgess left the property when asked and it is not alleged he did anything wrong by visiting the house.
Wife Phoebe was reportedly not home when Burgess arrived at the Bowral house to visit his children, Poppy, 2, and Billy, 10 months.
“Police are investigating an incident at a property near Bowral shortly after 5pm yesterday,” a police spokeswoman said on Sunday afternoon.
“There are no reports of any injuries.”
Phoebe Burgess is yet to comment on reports of her split from NRL star Sam.
According to The Sunday Telegraph earlier this month the couple had been living apart in the weeks leading up to their split, with Phoebe pictured still wearing her wedding ring earlier this month.
Speculation that things weren’t going well first began when Sam was snapped moving his belongings out of their eastern suburbs home in January.
In September last year the pair had been rocked by a sexting scandal, after a woman claimed she was exposed to lewd images of Rabbitohs players sent from Sam’s social media account.
The 30-year-old league player was embroiled in the controversy, though Sam was later officially cleared of any wrongdoing by the Souths.
In emails to the club, the 23-year-old woman claimed she felt violated in her online interaction with the players, who she said exposed themselves to her in a video chat.
Phoebe Burgess had reportedly been preparing to move her family back closer to his parents in Bowral.
Meanwhile, Burgess’ NRL career has been plunged into uncertainty following a series of shoulder injury setbacks this year.
Burgess missed England’s end-of-season matches in a bid to manage his shoulder, which required surgery midway through this year.
Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett was last week forced to downplay concerns over his star forward, with four years still to run on his contract.
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