It’s a tale as old as time: footy player gets drunk and pretends to fuck dog while peeing on himself, video of footy player’s drunken dog-fucking escapade goes viral, footy player goes to rehab overseas, footy player returns to face tense home-town press-conference.
“I’m a bit jetlagged but it’s been a really challenging four weeks. It’s something that I really needed to do and the hard work starts for me now. I’ve got a lot of people to earn respect back off and first and foremost I want to spend today with my family.”
JUST IN: NRL star Mitchell Pearce makes a statement to the media at Sydney Airport after returning home to Australia. www.yahoo7.com.au/sunrise #sun7
Posted by Sunrise on Saturday, February 27, 2016
Pearce’s incident occurred on Australia Day, after a club-sanctioned harbour cruise. He was at a private party when he picked up the host’s Maltese Terrier and proceeded to mimic sex acts on it, telling her “I wanna fuck a dog, I don’t even care anymore.”
#ACA9‘s EXCLUSIVE vision of Mitchell Pearce’s disgraceful behaviour caught on camera. https://t.co/Nddqakvvta
— A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) January 27, 2016