Overview
- The Office of Public Prosecutions formally withdrew all charges against Tanner Bruhn and co-accused Patrick Sinnott in Geelong Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
- A nine-month suppression order that had concealed Bruhn’s identity was lifted, allowing media to report his role and the case’s outcome.
- Magistrate Kimberley Swadesir ordered the chief commissioner of Victoria Police to pay the men’s legal costs, which lawyers described as significant.
- Key witness Harrison Martin admitted in court he lied to police and under oath, with a separate order on his admissions also lifted; the defence said the complainant had admitted lying.
- The AFL confirmed Bruhn had been stood down throughout the case and is now cleared to train, as the AFL Players Association criticised the stand-down as premature and disproportionate.