An autarkic probe into the attraction of pistillate footballers is to beryllium launched by Football Australia, aft Matildas large Lisa De Vanna said she suffered maltreatment astatine the hands of different players during her 20-year career.
De Vanna, Australia's 2nd highest goalscorer, claims she suffered intersexual harassment, indecent assault, grooming and bullying from elder players, successful what she described arsenic a toxic civilization wrong the sport.
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She elaborate a bid of incidents that she claims occurred successful squad environments, including 1 wherever she says she had to combat disconnected teammates who acceptable upon her.
"I was pulled down from down and dry-humped by a fewer of my teammates. I fought my mode disconnected the level kicking and screaming. They thought it was funny," De Vanna told News Corp. "I was conscionable a young kid from Perth, I didn't cognize immoderate different. I mislaid my crap and wanted to punch them."
De Vanna besides claims she experienced intersexual harassment from players, detailing an incidental that occurred successful a ablution wherever she alleges she received unwanted advances from different players.
She besides pointed to a civilization of protecting abusers successful a tweet implicit the weekend, suggesting she had seen women shielding different women who abused females successful the crippled arsenic good arsenic organisations protecting coaches and players who abused pistillate players.
Football Australia said it precocious received a ailment from De Vanna, and they program to meet. However, FA claims allegations made by De Vanna successful the interrogation were not included successful her complaint. The game's nationalist governing assemblage has invited different players, coaches, past oregon contiguous to travel guardant if they person experienced akin abuse.
"Australian shot takes a zero-tolerance attack to immoderate behaviour which breaches the standards and values expected of radical progressive successful the game. To that end, we promote anyone to bring guardant their concerns done Football Australia's ceremonial complaints process nether the Member Protection Framework, with the cognition that immoderate specified substance volition beryllium taken earnestly and investigated thoroughly," a Football Australia connection read.
"Over and supra Football Australia's ceremonial complaints handling protocols, we person besides been engaging with Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) to make an further process for independently investigating allegations of a humanities quality arsenic they subordinate to erstwhile players and staff."
De Vanna is viewed arsenic 1 of the top players to play for Australia, having scored 47 goals successful 150 appearances and featured successful 4 World Cups.
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