- Clayton Lewis charged over December 2023 match
- Two of his teammates from Macarthur FC had been additionally charged
A 3rd footballer caught up within the A-League yellow card betting scandal plans to battle the costs.
Clayton Rhys Lewis, 27, appeared in a Sydney courtroom on Thursday charged with corrupting betting outcomes and taking part in a legal group, having been charged together with two accomplices in Might.
Police allege he was amongst Macarthur Bulls A-League gamers who had been intentionally given yellow playing cards throughout matches and paid as much as $10,000.
Lewis made no remark as he left the Downing Centre Native Court docket, the place his lawyer stated he would battle the costs.
“I’ve been instructed that Mr Lewis will defend this cost and can plead not responsible,” Zemarai Khatiz informed the courtroom.
Lewis's bail has been barely altered with the consent of police, who’re anticipated to current proof by August.
He’s accused of intentionally exhibiting a yellow card in a match in opposition to Sydney FC in December regardless of figuring out he was corrupting the betting market by doing so.
Lewis can also be accused of taking part in a legal group together with 4 different gamers.
Former Bulls captain Ulises Davila, 33, allegedly influenced different gamers to take part within the scheme.
A-League star Clayton Davis was seen exterior a Sydney courtroom on Wednesday after his lawyer stated he would plead not responsible to costs of corrupting betting outcomes and taking part in a legal group.
The 27-year-old (pictured enjoying for the Macarthur Bulls) is accused of intentionally receiving a yellow card in an A-League match final December
When he appeared in courtroom in June he and the membership 'agreed to terminate his contract by mutual consent.'
Karin Backus, 32, has additionally confronted courtroom over the alleged scheme.
All three are due again in courtroom on Aug. 22.
Two different gamers are named in courtroom paperwork as taking part in a legal group with the accused trio, however they haven’t but been charged.
Police allege hundreds of thousands of {dollars} had been gained as a part of a betting scheme run by a South American man.
