A person has been charged over allegedly threatening messages despatched to AFL star Izak Rankine.
The Adelaide Crows star obtained 5 threatening messages on social media on September 8, police allege.
Rankine reported the matter to police, who spent months investigating the allegations.
Cybercrime detectives arrested a 31-year-old man yesterday.
The person, from Kensington Gardens in Adelaide’s east, was charged with utilizing a carriage service in an offensive method.
He has been bailed to look within the Adelaide Magistrates Courtroom on January 30.
The messages had been allegedly despatched 4 days after the Crows misplaced to Collingwood on this yr’s qualifying closing.
The star ahead obtained a four-match suspension on account of the incident, ruling him out of the Crows’ finals marketing campaign.
The Adelaide Soccer Membership has since shed additional gentle on the scenario, claiming two of its gamers had been topic to “direct and vital threats on a social media platform”.
“Subsequently, reviews had been made to South Australia Police in September which prompted investigations,” the membership mentioned in an announcement.
The AFL integrity unit has additionally been knowledgeable.
