Video footage clears Cronulla half-back Brett Seymour of wrongdoing
By Josh Massoud
March 19, 2009
Cronulla half-back Brett Seymour could still play in round two after CCTV footage cleared him of any serious wrongdoing just hours after Sharks officials stood him down.
Club staff and police day on Wednesday viewed video footage of Seymour's ejection from Cronulla night spot 2230 Restaurant & Bar following a 10-hour bender on Sunday night.
Venue manager Michael Major told The Daily Telegraph the footage showed Seymour being removed for drunkeness and wearing thongs, but that the 24-year-old did not fall into a garden bed.
"The footage shows Brett being escorted from the club by two security staff and then walking up the mall," Major said.
"It does show a man falling into the garden bed - but that wasn't Brett."
Major also denied TV reports that Seymour had wet himself.
"That's not correct - he had a drink spilled over him," he said.
Sharks officials, however, have hired a private eye to investigate Seymour's behaviour earlier in the evening.
Witnesses said he threw pizza and abused patrons at another bar.
Sharks CEO Tony Zappia met Seymour Monday morning, and the playmaker admitted he had too much to drink after starting out with casual lunch alongside coach Ricky Stuart and teammates at Caringbah Inn about 2pm Sunday.
Zappia immediately
stood Seymour down from "training and club commitments" pending the club's investigation.
Zappia hoped to know the results late Thursday, when he might be in a position to reinstate Seymour in time for Monday night's home game against Newcastle.
Seymour already has a warning from the Sharks after a 2008 conviction for drink-driving.
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