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Three Charged Over Sorrento Affray, Including AFL’s Dion Prestia and Steven May

Police laid charges after a months-long probe into a December 2024 Sorrento brawl.

Overview

  • Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged three men over an alleged altercation on Point Nepean Road at about 2am on December 27, 2024, after interviews in May, with two men taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  • A 26-year-old Blairgowrie man was charged on summons with affray.
  • A 32-year-old Hawthorn man was charged on summons with recklessly causing serious injury, intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, and affray, while a 33-year-old Mt Eliza man was charged with affray.
  • Media reports identify the charged men as including AFL players Dion Prestia and Steven May.
  • Court appearances have been set at Dromana Magistrates’ Court, with one listed for October 20 and two listed for November 27, as Prestia publicly denies involvement and Richmond cites the presumption of innocence.