MAJOR UPDATE: The Sydney Swans hotel scandal just took an absolute whiplash turn.
Victoria Police are reportedly on the verge of dropping the case against the Sydney Swans players after a bombshell secret recording completely flipped the narrative.
Here is what is allegedly going down behind closed doors.
It can now be revealed that:
A third woman reportedly arrived at the hotel room in the early hours armed with cocaine.
Once she realized she was in a room full of high profile AFL stars, things changed. Subsequent interactions were secretly taped in what is now being heavily characterized as a calculated extortion plot.
If these secret tapes hold up, the initial allegations are dead in the water, and the hunters become the hunted.
With Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, and James Jordon maintaining their absolute innocence from day one, the Victoria Police Sexual Crimes Squad is left holding a brief of evidence that is rapidly falling apart.
Riley Bice remains cleared as a witness.
The tables haven't just turned, they've been completely flipped.
I have said from day one that this reeked of a setup.
The AFL and the Swans owe the players and fans a huge apology.