The two-time Dally M winner tuned into proceedings via video link from Mary Wade Correctional Centre in Sydney’s west as his wife also watched on.
The former NRL star is due to watch his appeal on Wednesday via video link,as his legal team targets the credibility of the woman he was found guilty of sexually assaulting.
The footballer’s friend held Hayne’s sexual assault victim in “contempt” by spitting in her direction,yet he was granted compensation. The law needs fixing.
A Federal Court judge found a friend of Jarryd Hayne spat towards the former NRL player’s rape victim,but did not stare her down outside court.
The jailed former footballer will face a hearing in NSW’s highest court in April as he appeals against his rape conviction for a second time.
The judge and police on Friday praised the efforts of the woman sexually assaulted by Jarryd Hayne in 2018 to bring him to justice.
In a statement to the court,the woman sexually assaulted by the former NRL player said people talk about the horrible,private incident “like they were there”.
The former NRL star has had his bail revoked by a Supreme Court judge ahead of his sentencing hearing next month.
A judge allowed Hayne to stay on bail before he is sentenced. Prosecutors are seeking to reverse this in the Supreme Court.
When Hayne walked into court on Thursday,he knew there was a chance he wouldn’t walk out a free man.
The former NRL player fronted court on Thursday,two days after he was found guilty of sexual assault,when a judge refused an application to have him detained.