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Meet the girl who sold out Brett Seymour for $3000
EXCLUSIVE by Josh Massoud | March 20, 2009 11:00pm
Behind the lens ... Rachael Muldoon as a Hooters girl. / The Daily Telegraph
THIS is the former Hooters waitress behind the camera phone that busted drunken Sharks half Brett Seymour and sealed his two-match suspension. The Daily Telegraph can reveal Sutherland Shire model Rachael Muldoon captured the damning footage of Seymour stumbling up Cronulla mall half-naked and sold the vision to Channel Nine for $3000.
Cronulla officials were about to clear Seymour to play this weekend until the footage was made public on Thursday. They had no choice but to axe the No. 7 when pictures of him shirtless, inebriated and falling over a blonde woman - who happens to be Muldoon's friend Liz - emerged.
Muldoon said Nine's $3000 cheque was split three ways between her, Liz and another woman who witnessed the Cronulla mall debacle about 1am Monday morning.
See the video of an out-of-it Brett Seymour
Was Rachael Muldoon right to sell the video? Tell us below
Seymour was ejected from popular nightspot 2230 Bar & Restaurant just minutes earlier. The mall's CCTV footage shows Muldoon at the front door as he came out.
Venue manager Michael Major said Ms Muldoon had earlier been denied entry because she was barred from the club, but she claimed last night this was untrue and that she merely "has a problem with one of the bouncers".
Mr Major said: "She was waiting out the front when Brett was escorted from the premises and tried to approach him. The footage shows Brett brushing her away and continuing up the mall."
The three women followed Seymour, who tripped over and was helped to his feet by Liz. It was at this point that Ms Muldoon took out a camera phone and began filming the pair as they fell on top of each other.
She continued to record Seymour after he regained his balance and removed his shirt.
When contacted by The Daily Telegraph yesterday, Muldoon denied she had filmed Seymour's drunkenness with the intention of making money from the footage.
"It was just a bit of a joke at the time," she said.
"But when we heard that he'd been suspended by Cronulla we thought it wouldn't do any further harm to him to sell it."
Seymour, however, had only been temporarily stood down when Muldoon approached Channel Nine.
Cronulla CEO Tony Zappia said the club's investigation had revealed no serious wrongdoing, and said there was every chance Seymour would have been reinstated for Monday night's clash against Newcastle. He has now been stood down until round four and fined $20,000.
"Prior to looking at what was on the phone there was nothing in our investigation that confirmed any allegation against Brett," Zappia said.
"But the camera phone followed him everywhere, showed everything. I felt sickened."
Muldoon said she had never met Seymour before last weekend, but said she had been introduced to other Sharks players at last year's Hooters Girls pageant.
Prop Ben Ross, winger Misi Taulapapa and back-rower Reece Williams were all guest judges at the bikini-clad event, in which Muldoon finished a finalist.
She continued to work as a waitress at the Cronulla restaurant until its closure a fortnight ago.
Fearing a backlash, both Muldoon and Liz had gone to great lengths to conceal their identities. Muldoon claimed a Channel Nine employee had promised to "blur out" Liz in the parts of the footage from which her friend could be identified.
But Nine failed to adequately conceal Liz's identity during broadcast and Muldoon said the women were now "looking at our options".
Meet the girl who sold out Brett Seymour for $3000
EXCLUSIVE by Josh Massoud | March 20, 2009 11:00pm
THIS is the former Hooters waitress behind the camera phone that busted drunken Sharks half Brett Seymour and sealed his two-match suspension. The Daily Telegraph can reveal Sutherland Shire model Rachael Muldoon captured the damning footage of Seymour stumbling up Cronulla mall half-naked and sold the vision to Channel Nine for $3000.
Cronulla officials were about to clear Seymour to play this weekend until the footage was made public on Thursday. They had no choice but to axe the No. 7 when pictures of him shirtless, inebriated and falling over a blonde woman - who happens to be Muldoon's friend Liz - emerged.
Muldoon said Nine's $3000 cheque was split three ways between her, Liz and another woman who witnessed the Cronulla mall debacle about 1am Monday morning.
See the video of an out-of-it Brett Seymour
Was Rachael Muldoon right to sell the video? Tell us below
Seymour was ejected from popular nightspot 2230 Bar & Restaurant just minutes earlier. The mall's CCTV footage shows Muldoon at the front door as he came out.
Venue manager Michael Major said Ms Muldoon had earlier been denied entry because she was barred from the club, but she claimed last night this was untrue and that she merely "has a problem with one of the bouncers".
Mr Major said: "She was waiting out the front when Brett was escorted from the premises and tried to approach him. The footage shows Brett brushing her away and continuing up the mall."
The three women followed Seymour, who tripped over and was helped to his feet by Liz. It was at this point that Ms Muldoon took out a camera phone and began filming the pair as they fell on top of each other.
She continued to record Seymour after he regained his balance and removed his shirt.
When contacted by The Daily Telegraph yesterday, Muldoon denied she had filmed Seymour's drunkenness with the intention of making money from the footage.
"It was just a bit of a joke at the time," she said.
"But when we heard that he'd been suspended by Cronulla we thought it wouldn't do any further harm to him to sell it."
Seymour, however, had only been temporarily stood down when Muldoon approached Channel Nine.
Cronulla CEO Tony Zappia said the club's investigation had revealed no serious wrongdoing, and said there was every chance Seymour would have been reinstated for Monday night's clash against Newcastle. He has now been stood down until round four and fined $20,000.
"Prior to looking at what was on the phone there was nothing in our investigation that confirmed any allegation against Brett," Zappia said.
"But the camera phone followed him everywhere, showed everything. I felt sickened."
Muldoon said she had never met Seymour before last weekend, but said she had been introduced to other Sharks players at last year's Hooters Girls pageant.
Prop Ben Ross, winger Misi Taulapapa and back-rower Reece Williams were all guest judges at the bikini-clad event, in which Muldoon finished a finalist.
She continued to work as a waitress at the Cronulla restaurant until its closure a fortnight ago.
Fearing a backlash, both Muldoon and Liz had gone to great lengths to conceal their identities. Muldoon claimed a Channel Nine employee had promised to "blur out" Liz in the parts of the footage from which her friend could be identified.
But Nine failed to adequately conceal Liz's identity during broadcast and Muldoon said the women were now "looking at our options".
