A family is raging after disgraced Sydney star Isaac Heeney posed for a photo with their five-year-old daughter on the morning of the sordid scandal at the Pullman Hotel.
The photo was taken from inside the hotel foyer on Monday, timestamped at 8.16am, just as the situation was exploding.
Presumably, Heeney would not have slept that night and the photo would have been taken just hours after an alleged sexual assault took place that has sparked the police investigation.
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In the background Sydney coach Dean Cox can be seen chatting to a woman believed to be involved in the sexual assault allegations as well.
“My family have supported the Swans for generations, we have been die-hard Swans through and through,” the upset parent wrote on social media.
“I am so angry and incredibly disappointed.
“We were there that morning. We were in that reception area. None the wiser, until police showed up after we returned from breakfast. My kids had so many questions about the police and what they were doing while we tried to check out.
“Isaac posed for a photo with my five year old daughter. At 8:10am she proudly showed him her Isaac badge. He smiled for the photo with her.
“Knowing what has since been alleged, I cannot stop thinking he should have said no. He should have said, ‘Now isn’t a good time.’ Instead, my little girl got a photo with someone she considered an idol. Now she keeps asking me what her idol did wrong.
“My seven year old son has asked me what sexual assault means and why the man in XXXX photo did something like that.
“We saved hard for that trip. For our kids to stay in a hotel and see the Swans play. We had no idea they’d be at the hotel but when we realised it was such a special part of our holiday. They were excited to see the players they look up to.
“Instead, that memory and that photograph are now tied to something I desperately wish my children knew nothing about.
“I understand these are allegations and there is a legal process that must be respected. But as a parent and a lifelong supporter, I am furious that my children were put anywhere near this situation.”
Sunrise reporter Andrew McCormack said brands and fans were now “dumping” the Swans and someone like Heeney was now seen “as too toxic to associate with for the time being”.
Meanwhile, new bombshell allegations about what happened in the hotel room have emerged with the woman at the centre of the sexual assault allegations claiming there were up to nine men inside the hotel room.
“I don’t want money. All I care about is justice,” the alleged victim told News Corp.
“I’m going to stand up for what is right. And I’m never going to let this happen to anyone else. Justice will be served.
“I care about women’s rights and what’s right, because this happens too often to women and they get away with it.”
She said she put on the show at a discounted rate because the players told her they were carpenters.
Sydney have said they believe there were only five people in the room, Heeney and the other suspended players (Chad Warner, Nick, Blakey, James Jordon, and Riley Bice).
7NEWS believes others in the room were not current AFL players.