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New vision has emerged of Sydney coach Dean Cox and other football department staff standing on Church Street in the early hours of Monday morning.
At least four Swans players are assisting with police over a report of sexual assault at the Pullman Hotel in East Melbourne, which allegedly took place later that morning.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Vision emerges of Sydney staff in early hours of Monday morning
The vision, which has been obtained by 7NEWS, was taken just after 12.30am on the night of Sydney’s win over Essendon.
It’s understood the Swans had a club function at Harlow Bar in Richmond, just metres from where Cox and fellow Sydney staff were filmed via CCTV.
Cox appears to be getting into a car at the end of the footage.
Later that morning, a witness at the Pullman pictured the coach speaking to a woman in the foyer amidst the ordeal that had unfolded through the morning.
Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Riley Bice and James Jordon have voluntarily offered their assistance to the police investigation, while Nick Blakey’s manager has denied he had any involvement, though he was held in Melbourne with the other four as the rest of the team returned home to Sydney.
All five have now arrived back in Sydney, having been driven in a hire care to avoid an inevitable throng of media waiting at the airport.
Club management are expected to meet with each of the players at individual offsite locations.
Each player is arranging individual representation for their respective meetings.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning at the Swans’ training base, Cox said there is still a lot more to play out in the saga which threatens to derail the Swans’ finals series.
“Obviously extremely disappointed with what’s happened,” Cox said.
“(I) understand the questions and we’ll update as we gather more information.”
Victoria Police released an updated statement on Tuesday morning, confirming they spoke to a number of people at the hotel, however no one has been arrested or formally interviewed at this time.
“Please note, we do not intend to provide running commentary on the matter and where there are any updates we can release publicly, we will do so,” the statement reads.
“While we can appreciate there is a high level of media interest in the matter, we would caution against unnecessary and incorrect speculation about the circumstances which remain subject to ongoing investigation.”
The Agenda Setters’ Caroline Wilson said on Monday night it would be hard to imagine the players being allowed to take the field at least until the end of the police investigation, the timeline of which remains unclear.
The Swans will finish second on the ladder regardless of the result of their final home and away match this weekend before hosting a qualifying final in just under three weeks from now.
Asked if sanctions can be expected, Cox said: “We’re working our way through everything with the AFL and the relevant parties.
“We’ll update when we get more information.”
Cox also said he would speak to the players involved “as the day unfolds”.
Later on Tuesday, Swans captain Callum Mills respectfully declined to comment.
“We don’t have the facts yet so I can’t really comment,” Mills said.
“We don’t have the facts it’s as simple as that.”
AFLW star Chloe Molloy also declined to comment.
