Richmond star Dustin Martin appears to grope topless woman from behind in leaked video
The AFL is investigating the footage, which appears to show Martin groping the woman, after it spread across the internet.
Richmond star Dustin Martin has been caught in leaked footage appearing to grope a topless woman from behind.
The AFL is investigating the footage, which appears to show Martin groping the woman, after it spread across the internet.
The video appears to show Martin reaching around from behind the woman and grabbing her breast as she sits on the lap of another gentleman.
It remains unclear exactly where the incident occurred, however the video appears to be from inside a strip club or bar.
The topless woman can be seen sitting on a man’s lap as Martin approaches and extends his arm around her torso, before he is seen walking away laughing.
“We have become aware of a video posted on social media. We are seeking further information,” an AFL spokesman said, according to the
Herald Sun.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick was questioned about the video on Wednesday afternoon but played a straight bat to questions.
“There’s just an old video of what looks like from 2017 of Dusty online on Twitter this afternoon, I think at a Richmond event. Are you aware of that, have you seen that video?” 7 News reporter Tom Browne asked.
“No,” Hardwick responded. “I’m not too sure.”
Martin rejoined his Richmond teammates and was named in the team for the first final which takes place in Brisbane on Thursday night.
Martin, despite his on field heroics, has a long list of off-field controversies that have plagued his career.
In 2012, he received a two week suspension from the club for missing a training session.
In 2013, he was caught running a red light, in 2014 he was fined after driving suspended, and in 2015 he was accused of making threats inside a Japanese restaurant in Melbourne.
Dusty has endured a tough past 12 months after his father Shane, 54, died at his Mt Maunganui home in New Zealand on December 17, 2021.
Shane died of cardiovascular disease with drugs and steroids in his system.
Subsequent post-mortem tests found Mr Martin had a 600g enlarged heart, about double the size of an average man’s heart.
News.com.au contacted Dustin Martin’s agent for comment.
