See in bold below, I always suspected you canberians were sick fuggers.
Furore over league star's dog act
BRAD WALTER
05 Nov, 2010 03:00 AM
THE NRL career of the Canberra Raiders star Joel Monaghan hangs in the balance after he admitted last night to simulating a sex act with a dog.
A photo of Monaghan appearing to receive oral sex from a labrador has been circulating in Canberra for the past week but spread rapidly on the internet yesterday after being posted on the social networking site Twitter.
The incident occurred at the weekend after the Raiders season-ending Friday-night loss to Wests Tigers at Canberra Stadium on September 17, and Monaghan described it as ''a moment of abject stupidity brought about by too much drink and a complete lack of any thought process''.
The Australian representative is unlikely to face criminal charges because bestiality is not illegal in the ACT. However, the controversy prompted RSPCA officials to write to the ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope, calling for the law to be changed following dozens of complaints from people who had seen the photo of Monaghan and the dog on social media networks.
The Coalition federal MP Wyatt Roy inadvertently became embroiled in the scandal as the images were sent to a number of media personalities from a fake Twitter account in his name.
A spokeswoman for Mr Roy said the MP was not aware of the fake account or the photos of Monaghan, whose Wikipedia pages were also tampered with.
The Raiders' chief executive, Don Furner, told a press conference yesterday to launch the Raiders 2011 membership drive that he had not seen the photos but that the club was investigating and wanted to speak to Monaghan, who is holidaying on the NSW south coast.
''We're as dumbfounded as everyone else, and we'll have a talk to Joel when he gets back and have a talk to the players and see what transpires,'' Mr Furner said.
The NRL chief executive, David Gallop, said he was ''shocked and appalled'' at the image circulating and warned the Raiders that appropriate disciplinary action was expected to be taken against Monaghan. "We have a system of allowing clubs to take the initial action in relation to disciplinary issues as they are the employers and we will maintain that principle," Mr Gallop said.
"It is important that the club deals with it appropriately and that it reports to the NRL as soon as possible on the outcomes."
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