- Talatau Junior Amone declared assault on Monday
- He alleges that he has spit on a woman's face in a Wollongong pub
The NRL star, the Junior of the NRL star, Amone, faces a period of community service after declaring himself to spit on a woman's face in a pub after she made insulting comments on the subject “sensitive “Of his stagnant career.
The former San Jorge Illawarra was arrested after reports from an assault at the Illawarra hotel in Wollongong in the early hours of August 4, 2024.
The incident CCTV images showed Amone and the woman in the Pub game room before a discussion broke out.
The defending lawyer, Angela Cook, told Wollongong's local court that the 22 -year -old had been drinking the night of the crime and had no plans to meet with the victim, with whom he previously had a “fleeting intimate interaction.”
The woman approached Amone while “carefully” looking at the screen of a poker machine, Cook said.
The forbidden player asked the woman 'I know you?' And she replied 'Do not play silly with me' before the argument began, according to judicial documents.
The prohibited NRL star, Talatau Junior, Amone faces a period of community service after declaring himself guilty of spitting on the face of a woman
Talatau Junior Amone made 54 appearances for St George, and won three caps for Tonga
Amone and the woman knew each other for about a year.
“When there was no plan that night to contact the victim, the meeting was spontaneous,” Cook said.
“The victim approaches him (and) what happens is a brief, short, impulsive, spontaneous and unplanned act.”
Mrs. Cook said the argument began when the woman said “insult things” about Amone's family and her career.
“It was sensitive at that time and remains sensitive,” he said.
“There was a great collapse and impact on a career that had followed, persecuted and persecuted, and had collapsed.”
In response, Amone began to abuse the woman, calling her a variety of offensive words before spitting on her face.
The former Five-Ectavo had its $ 500,000 contract torn in 2023 and cannot be registered in the NRL up to at least 2026 after a hammer attack against a merchant.
He had been arrested after reports from an assault at the Illawarra hotel in Wollongong in the early hours of August 4, 2024
Amone was sentenced to an intensive correction order of 24 months in June 2024 after the violent confrontation with the man, which had parked on a neighboring property in November 2022.
He broke the windshield of the man's car with the hammer before climbing a roof and chasing the victim, who fell from a building and hit a unit of air conditioning on the road down.
Amone had diligently completed the community service during his intensive correction order for his previous crime, Cook argued.
He also performed an active treatment with a psychologist for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressive symptoms, he said.
“The guilt declaration is indicative of contrition and remorse,” added Cook.
Judge Michael Love said he wanted to see a report of community corrections before sentencing Amone.
The magistrate said he was not considering a custody sentence for the “disgusting and representable” act of Amone, but would prefer to impose more community service to “pay the damage done to the community.”
Amone will be sentenced on February 25.