Australia’s Beale found not guilty of rape in Sydney court

Australia international Kurtley Beale was found not guilty of three charges of sexual assault stemming from an incident with a woman in the toilet of a hotel bar near Bondi Beach in 2022, local media reported on Friday.
The 35-year-old was arrested in December 2022 and the following month charged with one count of sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of sexual touching.
The jury of seven women and five men at New South Wales District Court deliberated for less than two hours on Friday before finding Beale not guilty of all charges, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
“My family and I have suffered a terrible year, and I’m so glad that the truth has come out,” Beale told reporters outside the court.