Overview

• Steven May and Dion Prestia, both AFL premiership players, are expected to be charged on summons following a police investigation into a December 27, 2024, altercation near Sorrento’s Continental Hotel.
• The alleged brawl involved two groups of men and resulted in two individuals being hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
• Victim Will Salter, 22, suffered severe facial injuries, including a fractured nose, broken eye socket, and detached retina, leaving him legally blind in one eye.
• Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit detectives have interviewed May, Prestia, and a 26-year-old man from Blairgowrie in connection with the incident.
• Both players deny any wrongdoing, and their respective AFL clubs, Melbourne and Richmond, have not issued further statements on the matter.