Former Raiders bad boy Curtis Scott has been arrested on domestic violence charges, with police set to allege the 24-year-old assaulted a woman known to him on multiple occasions in 2018.
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Scott was charged while playing a round of golf in Sydney's Sutherland Shire on Wednesday afternoon, following an investigation which began in November 2021.
He will appear in court next Wednesday after being granted conditional bail.
"A man has been charged following an investigation into historic alleged domestic violence offences," a NSW Police statement read.
"In November 2021, detectives from Sutherland Shire Police Area Command commenced an investigation into reports of domestic-related assaults alleged to have occurred in 2018.
"Following extensive inquiries, detectives arrested a 24-year-old man at a golf course at Barden Ridge just before 6pm yesterday (Wednesday).
"He was taken to Sutherland Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of intentionally choke person with recklessness, two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, stalk/intimidate intend fear physical etc harm (domestic), and three counts of common assault (DV).
"Police will allege in court that the man assaulted a woman known to him on numerous occasions in 2018.
"The Bonnet Bay man has been granted conditional bail and is due to appear at Sutherland Local Court next Wednesday (12 January 2022)."
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This week's arrest is the latest in a string of off-field incidents that have plagued the ex-NRL player who was sacked by the Raiders in August less than halfway through a four-year deal with the club for his involvement in a fight at a Canberra night spot earlier in the year.
Revealed CCTV footage obtained by The Canberra Times in June showed Scott punching a man just before midnight on May 30, an incident which was believed to have broken the victim's nose.
Scott was issued with a breach notice and a $15,000 fine by the NRL, before the Raiders board decided to tear up his contract.
In November he was reportedly on the verge of securing a rugby league lifeline with Parramatta, before his ex-girlfriend filed a complaint with NSW Police and the NRL which ultimately led to Wednesday's arrest.
Almost two years ago he was arrested by police in Moore Park in Sydney, and charged with multiple offences.
The Raiders staunchly stood by their new signing, and his name was effectively cleared in September of 2020 when police body camera footage showed Scott had been tasered while being arrested.
Upon being sacked by Canberra, it also emerged Scott had been in a fist fight with former teammate John Bateman after a team function in 2020.
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James Buckley
James is a Queanbeyan boy enjoying his second stint at the Canberra Times, more than eight years on from his first. In between he's traveled the world, and spent time covering sport in Sydney.
James is a Queanbeyan boy enjoying his second stint at the Canberra Times, more than eight years on from his first. In between he's traveled the world, and spent time covering sport in Sydney.
