Former NRL player Curtis Scott is in custody after being charged with assaulting police in addition to two other offences.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the former Raiders and Storm star was apprehended by police after allegedly running away from the scene of a violent scuffle with another man.
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The 29-year-old was charged with affray, assault causing actual bodily harm and assaulting police.
A 55-year-old woman he was with was charged with common assault and hindering or resisting police.
“Officers attached to Surry Hills Police Area Command arrived and were told an 18-year-old man was involved in a verbal argument with two people – not known to him – before he was allegedly assaulted by them,” NSW Police told The Daily Telegraph.
“A short time later, police stopped a tram at Moore Park Light Rail Station and attempted to speak to a man; however, he left the scene after assaulting a Senior Constable, who sustained minor injuries.”
Scott’s lawyer Paul McGirr says he is seeking bail for his client who he admits, “needs some help”.
“The incident certainly involves a fight between two people, I don’t know much more, they didn’t know each other, there’s been an argument over some clap sticks, people getting in each other’s faces,” McGirr told The Daily Telegraph.
“My client’s hightailed it out of there, some police officers have tried to apprehend him, but they haven’t announced their office or what he’s under arrest for.
“He’s had a successful case against the police for not complying with their powers in the past, he gets in a heightened state when people are trying to apprehend him without informing him why.
“It certainly appears he needs some help, and that’s what we’re going to try to do when we apply for bail tomorrow.”