Jarryd Hayne, former Australian National Rugby League The star, who played briefly for the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL, was convicted Tuesday of raping a woman at his home north of Sydney in 2018.
It was him third trial Hayne faced on the case.
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Fiji’s Jarryd Hayne runs the ball during the Rugby League World Cup semi-final match against the Kangaroos at Suncorp Stadium on November 24, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
Hayne’s first trial ended with a split jury in December 2020, and in 2021, he was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison when convicted of the charges at the time.
However, a three-judge panel in the New South Wales State Court of Criminal Appeal last year upheld some grounds for Hayne’s appeal and he was granted bail and ordered to stand trial for a third time.
Hayne has promised to appeal the latest verdict.
Jarryd Hayne appears in court on March 15, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Don Arnold/Getty Images)
“I never lied to the police. I never erased evidence. I never concealed witnesses,” he said after the trial, via Yahoo Sport, adding that he was “100%” innocent.
Hayne faced similar accusations in 2017. A woman sued him in Santa Clara County, California, court, alleging that he had non-consensual sex with her in December 2015. Prosecutors did not proceed with criminal charges due to a lack of tests, according to San José. Mercury News at the time. The woman reportedly contacted police in May 2016, around the same time Hayne left the NFL.
Jarryd Hayne of the San Francisco 49ers during the Baltimore Ravens game at Levi’s Stadium on October 18, 2015 in Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
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The 35-year-old played in over 200 games for the Parramatta Eels of Australia’s NRL. He appeared in eight games with the 49ers in 2015recording a grand total of 52 rushing yards.
Associated Press contributed to this report.